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Page 3 of 3 <br />used small investments to save some 300,000 acre -feet of water westwide. She also mentioned desalination. <br />Wyoming State Engineer Pat Tyrrell apprised members of the challenges related to CBM water treatment <br />and water rights permitting needs, including a series of evolving policies and regulations for reservoirs, ponds, <br />pits, wells, drains and ditches. The state was swamped with permit applications which created a backlog of 2500 <br />permits, since halved. The state has worked to integrate water quality, water rights and other environmental <br />permitting requirements. Fines for non - compliance have also been raised significantly. Split surface estate and <br />mineral leasing issues are also common. Wyoming is spending $300,000 to map CBM impacted aquifers, but at <br />present it appears that 1 % of the water available has been extracted. <br />The next meetings of the Council will be held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota on May 2 -4, 2007. <br />http: / /www.westgov.org /wswc /news /1690.html 10/24/2006 <br />