Wyo. Stat. § 41-7-315: Sale of water rights.

Whenever any of the lands embraced within said district have been or are to be reclaimed by the work done or proposed to be done by said district and the segregation of said lands has been secured by said district, it shall be competent for the commissioners of said district, in the name of said district, to contract with any person competent to make entry upon said lands for the sale of water rights thereto, and any and all payments by such contracts provided to be paid to the district shall be and are a lien upon said lands and water rights until paid, and such lien may be foreclosed in the manner provided by law for the foreclosure of such liens.