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TITLE 30 - ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
PART 1 - TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
CHAPTER 297 - WATER RIGHTS, SUBSTANTIVE
SUBCHAPTER E - ISSUANCE AND CONDITIONS OF WATER RIGHTS
SECTION/RULE §297.59 - Additional Limitations
Chapter Review Date 09/08/2023

(a) The commission will incorporate into every permit or certificate of adjudication any condition, restriction, limitation or provision reasonably necessary for the enforcement and administration of the water laws of the state and the rules of the commission.(b) All dams proposed for authorization by the commission shall provide for outlets of size and location sufficient to pass such flows of water as the commission finds necessary to satisfy the rights of downstream domestic and livestock users, the senior and superior rights of other authorized users, instream flow requirements, water quality, and estuarine inflow requirements.(c) Acceptance of the water right by the water rights holder will be an acknowledgment and agreement that the holder will comply with all the terms, provisions, conditions, limitations and restrictions embodied in such water right. The exercise of rights under a permit authorizing the inundation or installation of a structure upon the land of another will be conditioned upon the continued effectiveness of an easement or agreement between the parties.

Source Note: The provisions of this §297.59 adopted to be effective February 24, 1999, 24 TexReg 1162.

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