Bill No.: SF0068                  Drafter:  MQ

 

LSO No.:  09LSO-0334              Effective Date:  2/25/2009

 

Enrolled Act No.:  SEA0025

 

Chapter No.:       38

 

Prime Sponsor:     Select Water Committee

 

Catch Title:       Omnibus water bill-construction.

 

Subject:  Provides authorization and funding for water development projects approved for final construction.

 

 

 

Summary/Major Elements:

 

Authorizes the water development office to transfer up to 33,000 acres feet of storage water per year from the Pathfinder reservoir to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line for the purpose of providing regulatory certainty under the Endangered Species Act for the use of Wyoming water in the Platte River basin.

 

Also authorizes the transfer of 9600 acre feet of storage water per year from the Pathfinder reservoir to the Wyoming-Nebraska state line if not needed by the state of Wyoming as a municipal water supply.

 

Above authorized transfers are to fulfill the state's obligations in the Nebraska v. Wyoming settlement agreement.

 

2009 New development Projects

Basin Storage Tank

Casper Paradise Valley Pipeline

Dubois Water Supply

Hudson Water Supply

Laramie County Archer Water Supply

Mile-Hi Water Supply

Pine Bluffs Deep Well 2009

Pinedale Pipelines-Phase I

Rawlins Reservoir and Pipeline-Phase I

Riverton Water Supply

Shoshone Municipal Pipeline – 2009

Star Valley Ranch Water Supply

Teton Village Water Supply

Upton Well

Wamsutter Well

 

Rehabilitation Construction Projects

Big Horn Canal Rehabilitation 2009

Casper Alcova Rehabilitation 2009

Deaver Rehabilitation 2009

Eden Valley Rehabilitation 2009

Goshen Rehabilitation 2009

GVID Upper Sunshine Division-Phase I

Lovell Rehabilitation 2009

Riverton Valley Rehabilitation 2009

Shoshone Rehabilitation 2009

Willwood Rehabilitation 2009

Riverton Valley Pipeline Relocation

 

Amendments to Prior Projects

Washakie Rural Water Supply Project

Riverton Raw Water Supply Rehabilitation Project

LeClair Laterals Rehabilitation Project

Gillette Madison Pipeline Joint Bonding

Green River Supply Canal Rehabilitation

Lake DeSmet Rehabilitation

Worland Eastside Transmission Line

Pathfinder Modification Project

Sundance Well Project

Glendo Well

Midvale Canal Rehabilitation

Glenrock Well

Laramie Transmission Pipeline

Sidon Rehabilitation

 

Comments:

 

See also the companion water bill, HB 100, Omnibus water bill-planning.