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State demands changes to water agreement

Ten Sleep agreement with Lower Nowood requires approval for private wells

TEN SLEEP – “Let me remind you that under the state constitution, the state [of Wyoming] has the power to control all wells,” said Wyoming Water Development Commission Director Harry LaBonde, Jr., at an open public meeting hosted by the Town of Ten Sleep on Monday to discuss a proposal to supply town water to the Lower Nowood Improvement and Service District (LNISD).

In what would amount to a 30-y...