Coal Bed Natural Gas Water Planning Map

Developed jointly by the Wyoming State Engineer's Office (SEO), Surface Water Division, and the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), Water Quality Division, the SEO/DEQ Coal Bed Natural Gas Water Planning map is a planning tool that provides information to the public and to coal bed natural gas producers in northeastern Wyoming.

Wyoming's Powder River Basin is experiencing a gold rush-style pursuit of coal bed natural gas, which is presenting enormous challenges for SEO and DEQ workloads. To save time in the application and processing of water storage rights and water discharge permits, two layers were created to provide basin and stream specific information that summarizes some of the concerns of the two agencies. The primary users of the map are the producers of coal bed natural gas from the coal seams in northeast Wyoming who can use this map to answer questions about permitting issues.