Tex. Water Code § 11.029
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
When an appropriator from a source of water supply has used water under the terms of a certified filing or a permit for a period of three years, he acquires title to his appropriation by limitation against any other claimant of water from the same source of water supply and against any riparian owner on the same source of water supply.
Tex. Water Code § 11.029