Tex. Water Code § 26.341
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 26.341, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
§ 26.341. PURPOSE.
Official statutory text
(a) The legislature finds that leaking underground tanks storing certain hazardous, toxic, or otherwise harmful substances have caused and continue to pose serious groundwater contamination problems in Texas.
(b) The legislature declares that it is the policy of this state and the purpose of this subchapter to:
(1) maintain and protect the quality of groundwater and surface water resources in the state from certain substances in underground and aboveground storage tanks that may pollute groundwater and surface water resources;
(2) require the use of all reasonable methods, including risk-based corrective action, to implement this policy;
(3) promote the safety of storage vessels as defined in Section 26.3442, by adopting requirements for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of storage vessels, with the objective of protecting groundwater and surface water resources in the event of accidents and natural disasters; and
(4) ensure that intermediate bulk container recycling facilities, as defined by Section 26.3445, are not located close to private residences.
(b) The legislature declares that it is the policy of this state and the purpose of this subchapter to:
(1) maintain and protect the quality of groundwater and surface water resources in the state from certain substances in underground and aboveground storage tanks that may pollute groundwater and surface water resources;
(2) require the use of all reasonable methods, including risk-based corrective action, to implement this policy;
(3) promote the safety of storage vessels as defined in Section 26.3442, by adopting requirements for the design, construction, operation, and maintenance of storage vessels, with the objective of protecting groundwater and surface water resources in the event of accidents and natural disasters; and
(4) ensure that intermediate bulk container recycling facilities, as defined by Section 26.3445, are not located close to private residences.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in Texas?
Find a Texas lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.