{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.206","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 11.206","heading":"IMPROPERLY CASED WELL: NUISANCE.","body":"An artesian well that is not tightly cased, capped, and furnished with mechanical appliances that readily and effectively prevent water from flowing out of the well and running over the surface of the ground above the well or wasting through the strata through which it passes is a public nuisance and subject to abatement by the executive director.\nAmended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977; Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 3150, ch. 828, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1981.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE B. WATER RIGHTS","CHAPTER 11. WATER RIGHTS","SUBCHAPTER F. ARTESIAN WELLS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.11.htm#11.206","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"2f40c399ab26d179966571fd3a18e0ad8373b9d3480b19391fb5c60d5199acf8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.205","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-11.301"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}