The quantity of permitted water use for industrial purposes in the Lower Laramie River subbasin is the third largest of permitted industrial use in the seven subbasins of the Wyoming Platte River Basin. The major industrial use of water in this subbasin is for electrical power generation. Other uses of water for industrial purposes in the Lower Laramie subbasin include mining and mine reclamation, road and bridge construction and maintenance, aggregate processing and cement production, and miscellaneous uses. Permitted industrial water use in this subbasin comprises approximately 13.3 percent of all permitted Wyoming Platte River Basin industrial water use for both groundwater and surface water combined. Permitted groundwater and surface water use composes about 2 percent and 98 percent of industrial permitted water use, respectively, in the Lower Laramie River subbasin.
To view a map of the industrial groundwater use in the Lower Laramie River subbasin click here.
The following tables summarize the industrial use of groundwater and surface water for power generation in the Lower Laramie subbasin. To view all industrial groundwater users, click here.
Summary - Wyoming State Engineer's Office data for industrial use of groundwater for power generation n the Lower Laramie subbasin
| User |
SEO certificate, permit number(s) |
SEO permitted yield (gallons per minute) |
Total permitted yield (gallons per minute) |
| Basin Electric Power Cooperative |
P43369W |
1,100 |
4,010 |
| P23653W |
900 |
| P17434W |
350 |
| P55414W |
250 |
| P43368W |
150 |
| P43367W |
100 |
| P9521W |
560 |
| P1315W |
600 |
Summary - Wyoming State Engineer's Office data for industrial use of surface water for power generation in the Lower Laramie subbasin
| User |
SEO certificate, permit number(s) |
SEO permitted yield (cubic feet per second)) |
Total permitted yield (cubic feet per second) |
| Basin Electric Power Cooperative |
C72/200A |
2.36 |
93.64 |
| C72/201A |
35.73 |
| C72/202A |
3.77 |
| C73/014A |
1.03 |
| C73/015A |
0.22 |
| C73/016A |
0.21 |
| C73/017A |
0.31 |
| C73/018A |
0.13 |
| C73/019A |
0.44 |
| C73/020A |
0.68 |
| C73/021A |
0.50 |
| C73/022A |
0.33 |
| C73/023A |
0.63 |
| C73/024A |
0.03 |
| C73/025A |
0.42 |
| C73/026A |
0.35 |
| C73/027A |
0.08 |
| C73/028A |
0.31 |
| C73/029A |
0.17 |
| C73/031A |
0.18 |
| C73/032A |
0.075 |
| C73/033A |
0.185 |
| C73/034A |
0.09 |
| C73/035A |
0.16 |
C74/299A |
45.00 |
| Basin Electric Power Cooperative (under Mrs. Patrick Daly) |
P21192D |
0.31 |
