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Upper Niobrara River Compact (Wyoming Statutes: Title 41 - Water; Chapter 12; Article 7)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
Wyoming
Document type
Legislation
Date
2019
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sub-national agreement Surface water Inland waters Freshwater resources management Water supply Basin/catchment/watershed Groundwater
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This article of the Wyoming Statutes adopts the Upper Niobrara River Compact between the state of Wyoming, and the state of Nebraska. The major purposes of this compact are to provide for an equitable division or apportionment of the available surface waters supply of the upper Niobrara River basin between the states; to provide for obtaining information or groundwater and underground water flow necessary for apportioning the underground flow by supplement to this compact; to remove all causes, present and future which might lead to controversies; and to promote interstate comity. The physical and other conditions peculiar to the upper Niobrara River basin constitute the basis for this compact, and neither of the states hereby concedes that this compact establishes any general principle or precedent with respect to any other interstate stream. Either state and all others using, claiming or in any other manner asserting any right to the use of the waters of the Niobrara River basin under the authority of that state, shall be subject to the terms of this compact.

Full text
English
Website
www.wyoleg.gov