41-3-906. Application; rights subject to preferences; rights of municipal corporations.
Rights to underground water shall be subject to the same preferences as provided by law for surface waters, and rights not preferred may be condemned and changed to a preferred use in the manner provided by law for surface waters. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to impair the rights of municipal corporations to acquire any underground water or underground water rights for a necessary public purpose by eminent domain or condemnation proceedings.