Operating Criteria of the
Wyoming Water Development Program
Introduction
I. Introduction
- The Wyoming Water Development Commission (WWDC), comprised
of ten (10) public members appointed by the Governor, has
authority over the Wyoming Water Development Program. The
Wyoming Water Development Office (WWDO) administers the program.
- The 1975 Legislature passed W.S. 41-2-112(a) which
provided the following definition:
- "The Wyoming water development program is
established to foster, promote and encourage
the optimal development of the state's human,
industrial, mineral, agricultural, water and
recreational resources. The program shall
provide, through the commission, procedures
and policies for the planning, selection,
financing, construction, acquisition and
operation of projects and facilities for the
conservation, storage, distribution and use
of water, necessary in the public interest to
develop and preserve Wyoming's water and
related land resources. The program shall
encourage development of water facilities for
irrigation, for reduction of flood damage,
for abatement of pollution, for preservation
and development of fish and wildlife
resources [and] for protection and
improvement of public lands and shall help
make available the waters of this state for
all beneficial uses, including but not
limited to municipal, domestic, agricultural,
industrial, instream flows, hydroelectric
power and recreational purposes, conservation
of land resources and protection of the
health, safety and general welfare of the
people of the state of Wyoming."
- In 1977, the legislature provided the framework funding
for the present Water Development Program. In 1982 the
Governor recommended that the funding for the program be
supplemented from the general fund and the program has
evolved to the following: (See in Table of Contents under
Introduction)
Operating Criteria Table of Contents
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