California Water Rights Annual Reports (Detail Summary List)
This list includes detail information as reported annually under each water right as stored in the State Water Resources Control Board's "Electronic Water Rights Information Management System" (EWRIMS) database. All water right holders are required to submit an online report of water diversion and use detailing their annual water use (even if no water was diverted or used during the period). The report is the record of actual water diversion and use made under the water right permit. The information is required pursuant to Title 23, Sections 847 and 925, of the California Code of Regulations. Information provided in the report may be used by the State Water Board to evaluate compliance with permit terms and conditions. The annual report contains information about the water diversion and use, measuring devices, water storage, statement of compliance, project status (for permits), special uses, rates of diversion, water supply contracts, water conservation, water transfers, conjunctive use, etc. Each row correspond with a unique annual report-water right id combination and its associated data. The list include basic summary information about the Water Right record, such as the type and status, the location of the Points of Diversion, the amount of water allowed (Face Value), and summary data associated with the electronic Water Right record. This file is in flat file format and may not include all information associated to a water right such all uses and seasons or the amounts reported used for every month. The information associated with crop irrigation is not included in this list but is included on a separate file. Other information may be available in the associated flat files for each category. Examples of annual reports templates are provided as supporting information.
Data files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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California Water Rights Annual Reports (Detail Summary List) This list includes detail information as reported annually under each water right as stored in the State Water Resources Control Board's "Electronic Water Rights Information Management System" (EWRIMS) database. All water right holders are required to submit an online report of water diversion and use detailing their annual water use (even if no water was diverted or used during the period). The report is the record of actual water diversion and use made under the water right permit. The information is required pursuant to Title 23, Sections 847 and 925, of the California Code of Regulations. Information provided in the report may be used by the State Water Board to evaluate compliance with permit terms and conditions. The annual report contains information about the water diversion and use, measuring devices, water storage, statement of compliance, project status (for permits), special uses, rates of diversion, water supply contracts, water conservation, water transfers, conjunctive use, etc. Each row correspond with a unique annual report-water right id combination and its associated data. The list include basic summary information about the Water Right record, such as the type and status, the location of the Points of Diversion, the amount of water allowed (Face Value), and summary data associated with the electronic Water Right record. This file is in flat file format and may not include all information associated to a water right such all uses and seasons or the amounts reported used for every month. The information associated with crop irrigation is not included in this list but is included on a separate file. Other information may be available in the associated flat files for each category. Examples of annual reports templates are provided as supporting information. | Download | CSV 395.62 MB | 11/05/21 |
Supporting files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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DATA DICTIONARY WATER RIGHTS ANNUAL REPORT The Water Rights Annual Report data dictionary includes detail description of every data element provided, the format, examples, known issues, application to type of water right and a classification. | XLSX 33.47 KB | 11/05/21 | |
Data Dictionary Type and Status of Water Rights This is a detail description of the types of water rights listed. | DOC 32.81 KB | 11/05/21 | |
FAQ for Online Reporting This document was used to guide the preparation of the annual reports and serves as a guidance to understand the provided data. it includes links to examples of annual reports by water right type. | PDF 84.84 KB | 11/05/21 | |
Sample Report Stockponds Example of the form used to report water rights associated to Stockponds. This form helps understand the data in the context that it was collected. | PDF 1.91 MB | 11/05/21 | |
Sample Report Registrations Example of the form used to report water rights associated to Registrations. This form helps understand the data in the context that it was collected. It may not apply to all years. | PDF 2.20 MB | 11/05/21 | |
Sample Report Statements Example of the form used to report water rights associated to Statements. This form helps understand the data in the context that it was collected. | PDF 1.93 MB | 11/05/21 | |
Sample Report Groundwater Recordation Example of the form used to report water rights associated to Groundwater Recordation. This form helps understand the data in the context that it was collected. | PDF 1.65 MB | 11/05/21 | |
Sample Report Permit Example of the form used to report water rights associated to Permits. This form helps understand the data in the context that it was collected. It may not apply to all years. | PDF 1.60 MB | 11/05/21 | |
Sample Report Water Right Licenses Example of the form used to report water rights associated to Water Rights Licenses. This form helps understand the data in the context that it was collected. It may not apply to all years. | PDF 2.49 MB | 11/05/21 |
More details
Additional Information: The unique identifier for the dataset is "REPORT_SYSTEM_UNIQUE_ID". The dataset provides one record per report usbmitted with a revision type "Last revision" and all the existing associated data to that record. In most cases one to many relationships are resoved by providing an aggegate of the values, the most relevant or recent value, or a reduced number of the most relevant values in the dataset. It does not include the water used for Irrigation, that information is provided on a separate file. Limitations: “Use of this data is subject to the CA.gov Conditions of Use and any copyright and proprietary notices incorporated in or accompanying the individual files.” Data Methodology: The data is maintained in the eWRIMS database by authorized staff in the Division of Water Rights and is an electronic representation of the actual legal water right documents. Some of the data records may not be complete or up to date. Some of the data is directly reported by the Water Right holders and may have not been reviewed or verified for accuracy and completeness (QAQC)."
State of California. The data can be filtered by spatial references such as Latitude and Longitude, County, Hydrologic Units (HUC), etc.
Information per annual report-water right or application combination
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