| Ground Water Administrator: | Lisa Lindemann |
| Phone: (307) 777-6163 | |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Policy Memos & Guidance Documents
- Water Hauling Activities in the Vicinity of Gillette, WY.
- CBM Guidance Document
- CBM Reservoirs
- Coal Mine Dewatering
- GPS Coordinates and Map Requirements
- Requirements for Coordinates on Permits and Petitions
- Approval of New Permits for Municipalities, Service and Improvement Districts, Subdivisions, and Other Large Water Users, and Service Area Updates
- Monitoring Wells
- Dual Well Completions In The High Plains Aquifer And Lance Formation, Southeast Wyoming
- Forest Service Permits
- Subdivision Review Discussion and GW Division Procedures
- Assigning Energy Production Related Water Rights to Landowners
Rules and Regulations
- Fees, Wyoming State Engineer’s Office, Wyoming State Board of Control
- Ground Water Rules and Regulations (Complete)
- Part II Rules and Regulations
- Chapter V: Maps Survey Requirements for Maps to Accompany Proof of Appropriation and Beneficial Use of Ground Water
- Underground Water Adjudication: Regulations and Instructions, Part IV, State Board of Control, Chapter IV. Title 41 Chapter III, Article 9. Underground Water
Interference Investigation Reports
- Horse Creek Groundwater/Surface Water Connection Investigation, Goshen and Laramie Counties, Wyoming
- Stream Depletion Due to Irrigation Wells along Bates Creek,Natrona County
- Interference Investigation Report U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)- Saratoga National Fish Hatchery vs. Overland Trail Cattle Company (TOTCO) near Saratoga, Wyoming
- West Bank Snake River Hydrology Study
- Investigation of a Complaint of Interference to the Cheyenne no. 57 (Weber No. 1) Water Well (Well Registration No. U.W. 13), Laramie County, Wyoming.
- Horseshoe Creek Interference Investigation - Executive Summary
- Horseshoe Creek Interference Investigation – Final Report
Water Well Construction
Forms
The forms below must be printed on bond paper with at least
a 24# weight, 25% cotton content paper, legal size (8.5 x 14 inches), printed
double sided, TUMBLEHEAD so that the top of the back
page is at the bottom of the front page.
Any alteration of the forms will result in rejection.
Any alteration of the forms will result in rejection.
- Application For Permit To Appropriate Ground Water - Form U.W. 5
- Statement Of Completion And Description Of Well Or Spring - Form U.W. 6
- Proof Of Appropriation And Beneficial Use Of Ground Water - Form U.W. 8
The forms below must be printed on bond paper with at least a 24# weight, letter size (8.5 x 11 inches) printed single sided.
Any alteration of the forms will result in rejection.
Any alteration of the forms will result in rejection.
- Abandonment Notice
- Assignment Of Permit For Wells
- Cancellation Request
- Extension Request
- Application To Relocate Or Deepen An Existing Well - Form R&D-1
- Temporary Water Use Agreement
- Relocations Of Unadjudicated Stock Watering And/Or Domestic Wells Only
- Instructions For Completing Form U.W. 5
- Affidavit for the North Cheyenne Study Area - Only wells to be drilled within the boundaries of the North Cheyenne Study Area are required to complete and submit this affidavit form with their application (Form U.W. 5).
- Change in Location of Well without loss of PRIORITY when ground water rights have been adjudicated or will be adjudicated
- Instructions For Completing Forms U.W. 6 And U.W. 8
- Procedures For Preparing An Application For Enlargement
- Registering Existing Domestic & Stock Wells
- Registering All Other Existing Wells
- Relocating and/or Deepening a Domestic or Stock Well Only
Control Area Information
- Laramie County Control Area Advisory Board
- Platte County Control Area Advisory Board
- Prairie Center Control Area Advisory Board
Mandatory Licensing for Water Well Drilling and Water Well
Pump Installation Contractors
SEO Monitoring Well Data
General Disclaimer
The data contained herein are provided AS IS and IN NO EVENT SHALL the State of Wyoming, its agencies or representatives, be LIABLE for any DAMAGES including, without limitation, damages resulting from lost data or profits or revenue the costs of recovering such data, the cost of substitute data, computer repair or replacement costs, claims by third parties for similar costs, or any special, direct or indirect, incidental, punitive or consequential damages of any kind whatsoever, arising out of the use of these data. The accuracy or reliability of the data IS NOT GUARANTEED or WARRANTED in ay way and the State of Wyoming, its agencies or representatives, EXPRESSLY DISCLAIM LIABILITY, whether expressed or implied, or of any kind whatsoever, including, without limitation, liability for QUALITY, PERFORMANCE, MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR THE PARTICULAR PURPOSE arising from the use of the data, NEITHER the State of Wyoming, NOR its agencies or representatives, including the State Engineer’s Office, REPRESENT or ENDORSE the ACCURACY or RELIABILITY OF ANY INFORMATION contained in the database, as some of the data are provided by permit applicants and may not have been verified by the State of Wyoming, its agencies or representatives. The State of Wyoming, its agencies and representatives RESERVE THE RIGHT, at their sole discretion, WITHOUT OBLIGATION, to MODIFY, ADD OR REMOVE all or portions of the data , at any time, WITH OR WITHOUT NOTICE. This includes the correction of errors or omissions within the database. All data or information provided by the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office shall be used and relied upon only at the USER’S SOLE RISK, and the user agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the State of Wyoming, its agencies or representatives, including the Wyoming State Engineer’s Office, and its officials, officers, and employees, from any liability arising out of the use or distribution of these data.
Ground Water Links
- Wyoming Water Well Association
- Wyoming Association of Rural Water Systems
- Wyoming Water Well
- Well Owner
- Wellcare® Information Sheets
- The Ground Water Foundation
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Geological Survey
- National Ground Water Association