Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 552.011
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
A municipality that owns its water system may exercise the power of eminent domain to condemn private property located inside or outside the municipal limits to acquire rights-of-way for digging or excavating canals or for laying water mains or other pipelines to bring water into the municipality for public use.
Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 552.011