Texas Water Code
§ 11.3271 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF RIO GRANDE WATERMASTER; DELIVERY OF WATER DOWN BANKS AND BED OF RIO GRANDE
WA § 11.3271Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part B. WATER RIGHTS · Ch. 11. WATER RIGHTS · Art. G. WATER RIGHTS ADJUDICATION ACT
Statute text
View on source(a)This section applies only to the watermaster with jurisdiction over the Rio Grande and the water division for which that watermaster is appointed.
(b)The watermaster shall divide the water of the streams or other sources of supply of the division in accordance with the adjudicated water rights.
(c)The watermaster shall regulate or cause to be regulated the controlling works of reservoirs and diversion works in time of water shortage, as is necessary because of the rights existing in the streams of the division, or as is necessary to prevent the waste of water or its diversion, taking, storage, or use in excess of the quantities to which the holders of water rights are lawfully entitled.
(d)The watermaster may regulate the distribution of water from any system of works that serves users whose rights have been separately determined.
(e)The watermaster's duties do not include activities that relate to other programs of the commission, except as provided by this section. The watermaster's duties shall include activities that relate to situations of imminent threat to public health and safety or the environment. The commission shall adopt rules:
(1)defining situations of imminent threat under this section; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 281, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003 and Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 385, Sec. 6.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.