Tex. Water Code § 11.201

This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 11.201, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.

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§ 11.201. ARTESIAN WELL DEFINED.

Official statutory text

An artesian well is an artificial water well in which the water, when properly cased, will rise by natural pressure above the first impervious stratum below the surface of the ground.

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