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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, in His Off. Capacity as Gen. Manager of the Lower Colorado River Auth. & Timothy Timmerman Thomas Michael Martine J. Scott Arbuckle Steve K. Balas Lori A. Berger Joseph M. Crane Pamela Jo Ellison John M. Franklin v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App. 2016).
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Phil Wilson, in His Off. Capacity as Gen. Manager of the Lower Colorado River Auth. & Timothy Timmerman Thomas Michael Martine J. Scott Arbuckle Steve K. Balas Lori A. Berger Joseph M. Crane Pamela Jo Ellison John M. Franklin v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App. 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. 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, in His Off. Capacity as Mayor of the City of Houston (Tex. App. 2021). “See Tex. Water Code § 11.040; Ware, 2017 WL 875307 , at *1.”
Red Boot Prod. Co., Inc., Barbara Landrum, Widow of Claude John Landrum, Eric Landrum, Matthew Wayne Landrum, Scott Michael Landrum, Dawn Ewing Mills, Tamara Ewing, Sean Ewing, Laura Ewing, J. Patrick Morris Sr., Joseph J. Morris v. Samson Expl., LLC & SM Energy Co. F/K/A St. Mary Land & Expl. Co. (Tex. App. 2015). “23 at Tex. Water Code Ann. § 11.040 (West 2008)).”
— Tex. Water Code § 11.040(a) — 2 cases
Phil Wilson, in His Off. Capacity as Gen. Manager of the Lower Colorado River Auth. & Timothy Timmerman Thomas Michael Martine J. Scott Arbuckle Steve K. Balas Lori A. Berger Joseph M. Crane Pamela Jo Ellison John M. Franklin v. New Braunfels Utils., 536 S.W.3d 5 (Tex. App. 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. 1994). “Tex.Water Code Ann. § 11.040(a) (Vernon 1986).”
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