As between appropriators, the first in time is the first in right.
Tex. Water Code § 11.027
RIGHTS BETWEEN APPROPRIATORS
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case United States v. City of Las Cruces (2002)
Most recently applied in Texas Commission on Environmental Quality v. Texas Farm Bureau (April 2015)
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.