Texas Water Rights

The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, advises landowners, ranchers and small businesses about their Texas Water Rights under the law. We negotiate, perform due diligence and document agreements for transferring water rights, as well as resolve disputes between competing interests in the beneficial use of particular water resources throughout the state. We are familiar with the legal and regulatory constraints on water use in Texas, as well as the scientific and technical considerations that reflect the realities of the hydrologic cycle in different parts of the state.

If you need advice about a proposed transfer of water rights, or need to enforce or defend your interest in water use against competing claims, contact our office in Houston for a free consultation with a knowledgeable Texas water rights attorney.

AV Preeminent* attorney Andrew Sher understands the complex history of Texas water law as it has evolved from Spanish civil law origins with a later overlay of English common law principles, only to give way to a wholly statutory scheme that has never completely managed to displace the rights appropriated under previous legal systems. For example, for about 20 years after the 1895 legislative shift to a statutory system of determining and administering water rights, overlapping claims deriving from earlier legal frameworks continued to be upheld, and many claims to the use of water in Texas today can be traced back to such sources.

Comprehensive Client Service on Texas Water Rights Law Issues

The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, offers one-stop, comprehensive service on water law issues and disputes to clients statewide, with a particular focus on water rights litigation. Examples of our work in this area include:

• Transfer or assignment of water rights through purchase, sale, lease, or trust
• Resolution of disputes that originate in drought-related low-stream flows or aquifer levels
• Groundwater or stream contamination claims, especially those related to oil and gas extraction operations
• Enforcement of water rights derived under the current Texas statute or prior legal structures as applicable
• Protection and valuation of water rights in eminent domain or condemnation proceedings

The Sher Law Firm, PLLC clients benefit from our ability to make an integrated and persuasive presentation of legal arguments, hydrological facts, and historic use patterns to protect vital water rights interests.

Call 713-626-2100 for Dependable Advice about Texas Water Rights

For additional information about your legal options in transactions or disputes that will affect your water rights as a property owner or business, contact The Sher Law Firm, PLLC in Houston for a free consultation.

Based in Houston, The Sher Law Firm, PLLC, serves the needs of clients in complex environmental, oil and gas, personal injury and commercial litigation throughout Texas, including greater Houston, Dallas-Fort Worth, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, El Paso, the Rio Grande Valley, the Texas Panhandle, Midland/Odessa and Lubbock. We also handle litigation in other states through association with local counsel in California, Colorado, Illinois, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania.