Westlaw Practical Law

Westlaw Practical Law provides current legal resources for practicing attorneys and law students. Researchers can find helpful materials by practice area, sector, resource type, and jurisdiction.

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Lexis Practical Guidance

LexisAdvance Practical Guidance offers current legal resources and tools to practitioners and students alike. You can find these by filtering for practice area, tools and resources, or running a simple search.

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Bloomberg Practical Guidance

Bloomberg Law hosts a comprehensive collection of practical guidance tools to assist the legal practitioner in many practice areas.

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Practice Notes

Practice notes are helpful for understanding definitions, concepts, and necessities to complete a legal task.

• Produced Water in the Texas Oil and Gas Industry

  • TOC: Groundwater

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• Water Rights: Overview (TX)
  • TOC: Groundwater Ownership and Texas Groundwater: Landowner Rights and State Regulation
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• Water Rights Permitting (TX)
  • TOC: Permitting of Groundwater Usage by Groundwater Conservation Districts
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• Water Use in Oil and Gas Operations
  • Go To: Surface and Groundwater
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• Water Rights State Law Survey
  • Go To: State Approaches to Water Rights and Regulations
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Standard Documents 

Standard documents and clauses provide updated legal documents with helpful drafting notes.

• Groundwater Rights Purchase and Sale Agreement (TX)
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• Groundwater Rights Deed with Options for General or Special Warranty (TX)
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Checklists

Checklists are intended to help practitioners avoid missteps by providing a list of considerations relevant to the legal task at hand.

• Water Rights and Uses Checklist
  • See Groundwater
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• Water Rights and Uses Checklist (TX)
  • Groundwater is relevant throughout this document
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Toolkits

Toolkits provide practitioners with practical guidance through a collection of resources on a specific topic.

• Water Rights Law for Real Estate Owners Toolkit (National and Select States)
  • Groundwater is mentioned throughout this document
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• Mineral Rights, Surface Use, and Water Rights Toolkit (TX)
  • Groundwater is relevant throughout this document
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