Section 1-3 - Surface Water Fees (a) All non-reimbursable fees must be paid in advance. When the required fee is not known, time may be saved by contacting the Wyoming State Engineer's Office either by mail or by telephone. Make all remittances payable to the "Wyoming State Engineer's Office". Remittances should be transmitted with the application or petition and cover letter.
(b) Fee Schedule. The following fees are required for each instrument filed in the Wyoming State Engineer's Office. - (i) Direct flow water right applications - (Using S.W.1 or S.W.2 Forms)
- (A) Stock and/or domestic purposes only .........$25.00
- (B) All other purposes, including reservoir supply and supplemental supply.................. ...................................................................$50.00
- (ii) Reservoir storage water right applications (Using S.W.3, S.W.3A, S.W.4 Forms)
- (A) Stock reservoirs (Using S.W.4 Form) and all other reservoirs of 20 acre-feet or less in capacity................................$25.00
- (B) For reservoirs greater than 20 acre-feet but less than 100 acre-feet in capacity..................................$50.00
- (C) For all other reservoirs ..................$125.00
- (D) Secondary supply water right applications for reservoir storage water (Using SW-1 & SW-2 Forms) ............................$50.00
- (iii) Temporary water right applications ..................$50.00
- (iv) Temporary water use agreements to use water under an existing valid permit (W.S. 41-3-110 ) ...............................$50.00
- (v) Formal petitions to modify or change a permit or application (plus appropriate recording fees, see Section 3(b)(ix).....................$20.00
- (vi) Processing water exchange permits or petitions (plus appropriate recording fees; both Wyoming State Engineer's Office and County Clerk, see Section 3(b)(ix) and certification charges, see Section 6(e)........................$25.00
- (vii) Safety of Dams PLAN Reviews
- (A) For dams more than twenty (20) feet but less than forty (40) feet in height or with a capacity of fifty (50) acre-feet or more but less than one hundred (100) acre-feet ......................................$100.00
- (B) For dams forty (40) feet in height or more or with a capacity of one hundred (100) acre-feet or more .... .......................................................................... $150.00
- (viii) Application for Weather Modification Activity .............................$50.00
- (ix) For recording any instrument in the official records of the Wyoming State Engineer's Office, Wyoming State Board of Control or with the County Clerk.
- (A) First sheet, and;...................$8.00 Each subsequent sheet ...............................$3.00
- (B) A fee will be required for recording with County Clerks any water right instrument or certificate as required by and specified in W.S. 18-3-402.
Amended, Eff. 10/18/2017.