The Rice belt journal., 1916-05-26
TO PREVENT WASTE or
UNAPPROPUIATED Water
State Board Of Water Engineers
Gives Rules Governing Source
of Public Supply.

Austin, Textile board of water
engineers of the State of Texas, for
the purpose Of assisting 1t In the more
accurate determination of the true
quantity of unappropriated water in
all sources of public supply; for the
purpose OF preventing unnecessary
waste Of such unappropriated water;
for the purpose of promoting the In
auguration of such economic methods
and manner of supply, use and distri-
button of appropriated water as will
result In the greatest extension of such
use, and to promote the general well
fare, this week adopted and promul-
gated the following additional rules:
g. Every person, association Of per
sons, corporation or irrigation district
who conserves or supplies water from
any public source Of supply for the
purpose Of irrigation, and who has
the right to make and publish reason
able rules and regulations relating to
the method and manner of supply, use
and distribution of such water, is
hereby required to make, publish and
observe such reasonable rules and reg
ulations as experience may determine
or has determined to be beneficial and
will promote economy.
SS. Every person, association Of per
sons or corporation diverting and
making use Of water from any public
source OF supply fer the irrigation of
any Of his, their or its lands, shall
adopt and observe sach method and
manner Of supply. use and distribution
Of such water as ne, they or 1t might
reasonably require and promulgate
were such persons, association of per.
sons or corporation supplying such
water 10 others.
S9. Whenever the failure Of any per
son, association of persons, corpora
ton or irrigation district, or the fail
ure of the executive agent or agents.
officer or officers, Of any person, as
socistion Of persons, corporation or ir-
rigation district who is diverting and
supplying water from any public
source Of supply for irrigation, to
make and publish, or observe reason
able rules and regulations relating to
causes or results in the diversion of
quantities of water III excess of what
Is reasonably necessary for such irri-
CATION purposes and uses, and when
ever such person, association Of per-
sons, corporation or irrigation district,
or any agent, officer. employe or rep
re5entative Of such person, association
Of persons, corporation or irrigation
district wilfully permits or wilfully
causes such diversion Of such water
which is in excess Of what Is reason
ably necessary for such irrigation pur-
poses and uses.
40. Whenever any person, associa-
ton Of persons, or corporation, or any
agent officer, employe or representa-
tive Of any person, association of per-
sons or corporation, receives water
tor the purpose Of irrigation diverted
by any other person, association of
persons, corporation or irrigation dis
trict from any public source OF supply,
and whose willful failure TO observe
and put into practice such reasonable
methods and manner of use and distri-
button of such water as will result in
the economic and beneficial use of
such water so received and supplied,
causes or results In the diversion of
any quantity or quantities OF water in
excess OF what Is reasonably necessary
for the irrigation of such lands, as are
being irrigated, such reception of such
quantity or quantities of such water
which is In excess Of the amount rea.
Sonably necessary for the irrigation of
such lands will be construed by the
board as the unlawful use of unappro-
prtated water