Business, Commerce & Transportation - Energy and Environment
60. Water Resources
While we support the decision by the Texas Supreme Court in preserving individuals' rights to the groundwater under their property and their right to capture it, we support tying surface rights of ownership to groundwater rights of ownership. We support regulations that may put limits on a person's capture and use of groundwater, if such use will negatively impact adjoining owners' use of their groundwater for private wells, their water supply, or agricultural use.