WASTEFUL USE OF WATER

Sec. 11.092. WASTEFUL USE OF WATER. 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.