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Section 41-4-318 - Surplus Water; Defined.

WY Stat § 41-4-318 (2019) (N/A)
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41-4-318. Surplus water; defined.

For the purpose of this act, surplus water is hereby defined to be that quantity of water belonging to the state of Wyoming flowing in the natural channel of any main stream or a tributary of a main stream within the boundaries of Wyoming, at any time in excess of the total amount required to furnish to all existing appropriations from said stream system the maximum amount of water for which all said appropriations have been granted, whether by permit or by adjudicated decree as of March 1, 1945.

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