Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
WATER CODE |
Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION |
Subtitle B. WATER RIGHTS |
Chapter 11. WATER RIGHTS |
Subchapter C. UNLAWFUL USE, DIVERSION, WASTE, ETC. |
Sec. 11.092. WASTEFUL USE OF WATER
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A person who owns or has a possessory right to land contiguous to a canal or irrigation system and who acquires the right by contract to use the water from it commits waste if he:
(1) permits the excessive or wasteful use of water by any of his agents or employees; or
(2) permits the water to be applied to anything but a beneficial use.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.