{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.092","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.092","heading":"WASTEFUL USE OF WATER.","body":"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:\n(1) permits the excessive or wasteful use of water by any of his agents or employees; or\n(2) permits the water to be applied to anything but a beneficial use.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 11. WATER RIGHTS","SUBCHAPTER C. UNLAWFUL USE, DIVERSION, WASTE, ETC."],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.092","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"93314fbf9a6cde9a5ba0809672c03f9e43622adac9496595797d545f841c0c10","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.091","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.093"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}