Texas § 11.202 RIGHT TO DRILL ARTESIAN WELL.

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§ 11.202 — RIGHT TO DRILL ARTESIAN WELL.

Texas § 11.202

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Tex. Water Code Code Ann. § 11.202 (2026).

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Sec. 11.202. RIGHT TO DRILL ARTESIAN WELL.

(a)Except as provided by this section, a person is entitled to drill an artesian well for domestic purposes or for stock raising without complying with the general provisions of this code regulating the use of water.

(b)The artesian well must be on that person's own land and must be properly and securely cased.

(c)When water is reached containing mineral or other substances injurious to vegetation or agriculture, the artesian well must be securely capped or its flow controlled so as not to injure another person's land or properly plugged so as to prevent the water from rising above the first impervious stratum below the surface of the ground.

(d)Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630 ), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.

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Sec. 11.202. RIGHT TO DRILL ARTESIAN WELL. (a) Except as provided by this section, a person is entitled to drill an artesian well for domestic purposes or for stock raising without complying with the general provisions of this code regulating the use of water.
(b) The artesian well must be on that person's own land and must be properly and securely cased.
(c) When water is reached containing mineral or other substances injurious to vegetation or agriculture, the artesian well must be securely capped or its flow controlled so as not to injure another person's land or properly plugged so as to prevent the water from rising above the first impervious stratum below the surface of the ground.
(d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630 ), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630 ), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 4, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1108 (H.B. 4630 ), Sec. 3(1), eff. June 20, 2025.