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A water right is a property interest and may be conveyed, transferred, or reserved. If a landowner sells his land without explicitly reserving his water right, it will pass with the land to the new owner.

Typically, Class A rights sell for $2,000 to $2,500 per acre. In the Valley, water rights are priced by the acre. An acre of water rights is equivalent to 2.5 acre-feet of water annually, or $800 to $1,000 per acre-foot of Class A water rights.

Change of Ownership of a Water Right Form If you acquire all or part of a water right, or property with an appurtenant water right, submit documentation and a Change of Ownership Form: Instructions for the Change of Ownership Form (TCEQ-10204inst) Change of Ownership Form (TCEQ-10204)

If you need to submit a Water Right application via FTP, please send an e-mail to WRPT@tceq.texas.gov for further direction on how to transfer these files to staff. Change of Ownership requests may be submitted directly to WRCOO@tceq.texas.gov.

Change of Ownership of a Water Right Form If you acquire all or part of a water right, or property with an appurtenant water right, submit documentation and a Change of Ownership Form: Instructions for the Change of Ownership Form (TCEQ-10204inst) Change of Ownership Form (TCEQ-10204)

In Texas, the landowner owns the groundwater, subject in many areas to rules created by Groundwater Conservation Districts. Landowners should determine whether they are in a GCD and, if so, review and understand the rules of that district.