Tex. Water Code § 11.022
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 11.022, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 11.022. ACQUISITION OF RIGHT TO USE STATE WATER.
Official statutory text
The right to the use of state water may be acquired by appropriation in the manner and for the purposes provided in this chapter. When the right to use state water is lawfully acquired, it may be taken or diverted from its natural channel.
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