Chapter 297. Water Rights, Substantive

Subchapter A. Definitions and Applicability

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.1 Definitions
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.2 Water-In-Transit In the Rio Grande

Subchapter B. Classes of Water Rights

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.11 General Authorization to Divert, Store Or Use State Water,texas Water Code, Section11.121
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.12 Seasonal Permit Under the Texas Water Code, Section11.137
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.13 Temporary Permit Under the Texas Water Code, Section 11.138
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.14 Contractual Permit
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.15 Permit For Use of Water From Exempt Dam Or Reservoir For Nonexempt Purposes, Texas Water Code, Section11.143
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.16 Conveyance of Water Down Bed and Banks
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.17 Emergency Authorization (Texas Water Code, Section11.139)
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.18 Interbasin Transfers, Texas Water Code, Section11.085
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.19 Term Permit Under Texas Water Code, Section 11.1381

Subchapter C. Use Exempt From Permitting

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.21 Domestic and Livestock and Wildlife Permit Exemptions
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.22 Storage In Another's Reservoir
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.23 Spreader Dams, Contouring, Terracing
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.24 Permit Exemption For Mariculture Activities
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.25 Permit Exemption For Drilling and Producing of Petroleum
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.26 Permit Exemption to Use State Water For Fire and Emergency Use
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.27 Permit Exemptions For Use of State Water For Irrigation of Certain Historic Cemeteries and For Sedimentation Control Structures Within Surface Coal Mining Operations

Subchapter D. Diversion From Unsponsored Or Storage-Limited Reservoirs

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.31 Use Other Than Domestic Or Livestock
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.32 Domestic Or Livestock Use

Subchapter E. Issuance and Conditions of Water Rights

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.41 General Approval Criteria
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.42 Water Availability
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.43 Beneficial Uses
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.44 Subject to Prior and Superior Water Rights
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.45 "No Injury" Rule
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.46 Consideration of Public Welfare
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.47 Impacts On Groundwater
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.48 Waste Prevention
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.49 Return and Surplus Waters
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.50 Consideration of Water Conservation Plans
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.51 Time Limitations For Commencement Or Completion of Construction
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.52 Suppliers of Water For Agriculture
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.53 Habitat Mitigation
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.54 Water Quality Effects
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.55 Estuarine Considerations
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.56 Instream Uses
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.57 Emergency Suspension of Permit Conditions
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.58 Accounting Water Use
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.59 Additional Limitations

Subchapter F. Amendments to Water Rights; Corrections to Water Rights

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.61 Amendments By Executive Director

Subchapter G. Cancellation, Revocation, Abandonment, and Forfeiture of Water Rights

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.71 Cancellation In Whole Or In Part
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.72 Notice and Hearing
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.73 Commission Finding; Action
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.74 Forfeiture and Revocation of Water Right
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.75 Abandonment of Water Right

Subchapter H. Conveyances of Land and Water Rights

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.81 General Rules of Conveyance
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.82 Duty to Inform Executive Director
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.83 Recording Conveyances of Water Rights

Subchapter I. Conveying Stored Water

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.91 Use of Bed and Banks
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.92 Authorization
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.93 Duties of Water Conveyor
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.94 Duties of Others Along the Stream

Subchapter J. Water Supply Contracts and Amendments

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.101 General; Exceptions
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.102 When Application Required
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.103 Special Requirements For Downstream Sales of Water From a Storage Reservoir
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.104 Special Requirements For Upstream Sales of Water From Storage
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.105 Effective Date of Water Supply Contract Rules
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.106 Perfection and Priority of Water Right
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.107 Reports
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.108 Effect On Existing Contractual Permits

Subchapter K. Desalination, Substantive

• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.200 Applicability
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.201 Definitions
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.202 Approval Criteria For Diversion of Marine Seawater and Seawater
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.203 Water Availability
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.204 Applicability of Environmental Flow Standards
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.205 Determination of Total Dissolved Solids Concentration
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.206 Treatment of Diverted Marine Seawater and Seawater
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.207 Diversion of Marine Seawater and Seawater
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.208 Consideration of Water Conservation
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.209 Impingement and Entrainment
• 30 Tex. Admin. Code § 297.210 Approval Criteria For an Application to Convey Treated Marine Seawater In the Bed and Banks