CHAPTER 2–NATURAL SERVITUDES Art. 655. Natural drainage An estate situated below is the servient estate and is bound to receive the surface waters that flow naturally from a dominant estate situated above unless an act of man has created the flow. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June 12, 2017.
Art. 656. Obligations of the owners The owner of the servient estate situated below may not do anything to prevent the flow of the water. The owner of the dominant estate situated above may not do anything to render the servitude more burdensome. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1; Acts 2017, No. 105, §1, eff. June […]
Art. 657. Estate bordering on running water. The owner of an estate bordering on running water may use it as it runs for the purpose of watering his estate or for other purposes. Acts 1977, No. 514, §1.
Art. 658. Estate through which water runs. The owner of an estate through which water runs, whether it originates there or passes from lands above, may make use of it while it runs over his lands. He cannot stop it or give it another direction and is bound to return it to its ordinary channel […]
