The laws and administrative rules relating to the use of surface water do not apply to groundwater.
Tex. Water Code § 35.003
SURFACE WATER LAWS NOT APPLICABLE
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 933, Sec. 2, eff
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