The Bains

Water is precious & fortunately less of a problem in East Texas or east of the highway from Dallas to Houston. Property owners own the water under their land, but the state owns the water in creeks & rivers. If a creek runs through your property that water belongs to Texas. The rule of capture, meaning you can pull up as much ground as you like, but there can be limits on that. You may deplete your neighbor’s ground water. The Regional Groundwater District is important as the East Texas one includes about 13 counties. Water is a commodity and it has a price. As an aside, 2/3 of the migratory birds travel to the Texas gulf coast.