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Tex. Water Code § 11.040 (2026)

Permanent Water Right

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Sec. 11.040. PERMANENT WATER RIGHT. (a) A permanent water right is an easement and passes with the title to land.

(b) A written instrument conveying a permanent water right may be recorded in the same manner as any other instrument relating to a conveyance of land.

(c) The owner of a permanent water right is entitled to use water according to the terms of his contract. If there is no contract, the owner is entitled to use water at a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory price.

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1994–2021 · leading case: Phil Wilson v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App.—Austin 2016).
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Phil Wilson v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App.—Austin 2016). “, Tex. Water Code § 11.040(a) (“A permanent water right is an easement and passes with the title to land.”
Graham v. Kuzmich, 876 S.W.2d 446 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1994). “Tex.Water Code Ann. § 11.040(a) (Vernon 1986).”
Aransas Proj. v. Shaw, 930 F. Supp. 2d 716 (S.D. Tex. 2013). “Section 11.024, Texas Water Code, "Appropriation: Preferences” provides in part: In order to conserve and properly utilize state water, the public welfare requires not only recognition of beneficial uses but also a constructive public policy regarding the preferences between…”
Brazos River Auth. & the State of Texas v. City of Houston & Sylvester Turner, 628 S.W.3d 920 (Tex. App.—Austin 2021). “See Tex. Water Code § 11.040; Ware, 2017 WL 875307 , at *1.”
Red Boot Prod. Co. v. Samson Expl., LLC, No. 09-14-00191-CV (Tex. App.—Beaumont Oct. 1, 2015). “23 at Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.040 (West 2008)).”
Tex. Water Code § 11.040(a): 2 cases
Phil Wilson v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App.—Austin 2016). “, Tex. Water Code § 11.040(a) (“A permanent water right is an easement and passes with the title to land.”
Graham v. Kuzmich, 876 S.W.2d 446 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 1994). “Tex.Water Code Ann. § 11.040(a) (Vernon 1986).”
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