Civil Transactions Law

1. The right to use a watercourse is the right of a landowner to have irrigation water, whether natural or artificial, which comes from a distant source flow through the land of another person in order to reach his land. 2. If the right to use a watercourse is established to a person, the owners of the lands through which such water flows may not prevent the holder of the right from exercising his right, even if it requires the establishment of facilities thereon, provided that the holder of the right pays advance compensation and that he, in exercising such right, does not substantially prejudice the landowner’s right of enjoyment.