41-3-917. Change of location of well without loss of priority; appeal from action of state board of control or state engineer.
(a) An appropriator of underground water may change the location of his well to a point within the same aquifer in the vicinity of the original location, without loss of priority, by securing approval of the state board of control if the groundwater right has been adjudicated or if the groundwater right has not been adjudicated but the water has been applied to beneficial use. In cases involving domestic or stock water wells which are not adjudicated but the water has been applied to beneficial use, the state engineer may approve a change of location. If the right is not adjudicated and the water has not been applied to beneficial use, approval for the change in location may be granted by the state engineer. No petition shall be granted if the rights of other appropriators shall be injuriously affected thereby. No petition granted shall increase the total amount of the appropriation of water set forth in the original permit. The state board of control and the state engineer may make such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this section. The state engineer may approve a change of well location even if water has not been applied to a beneficial use.
(b) A decision by the state engineer granting or denying a petition to change the location of an unadjudicated right under this section may be appealed to the board of control. An appeal may be taken to the district court pursuant to W.S. 16-3-101 through 16-3-115 from an order of the board of control:
(i) Affirming or reversing a decision of the state engineer appealed to the board under this subsection; or
(ii) Granting or denying a petition to change the location of an adjudicated right under this section.
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