Section 11.040 - Permanent Water Right(a) A permanent water right is an easement and passes with the title to land.(b) A written instrument conveying a permanent water right may be recorded in the same manner as any other instrument relating to a conveyance of land.(c) The owner of a permanent water right is entitled to use water according to the terms of his contract. If there is no contract, the owner is entitled to use water at a just, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory price.Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1977.