California Water Rights Measurement Devices (Reported in Annual Report)
This list includes detail information about the measurement devices and measurement methods associated with the diversion and storage of water as reported annually for water rights 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 annual report including information related to the measurement devices and measurement methods associated with the diversion or storage of water. Each row correspond with a unique annual report-water right id-and measurement device ID combination and its associated data. 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. Other information may be available in the associated flat files for each category. Examples of annual reports templates are provided as supporting information.
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| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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California Water Rights Measurement Devices (Reported in Annual Report) This list includes detail information about the measurement devices and measurement methods associated with the diversion and storage of water as reported annually for water rights 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 annual report including information related to the measurement devices and measurement methods associated with the diversion or storage of water. Each row correspond with a unique annual report-water right id-and measurement device ID combination and its associated data. 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. 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 42.26 MB | 11/18/21 |
Supporting files
| Data title and description | Access data | File details | Last updated |
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DATA DICTIONARY WATER RIGHTS MEASUREMENT DEVICES The Water Rights Measurement Devices 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 17.43 KB | 11/18/21 | |
Data Dictionary Type and Status of Water Rights This is a detail description of the types of water rights listed. | DOCX 32.81 KB | 11/18/21 | |
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 | 11/18/21 | |
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 | 11/18/21 | |
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 | 11/18/21 | |
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 | 11/18/21 | |
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 | 11/18/21 | |
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 | 11/18/21 | |
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 | 11/18/21 |
More details
Additional Information: The unique identifier for the dataset is "MEASURING_DEVICE_ID". One row per Report/Measuring Device-Report ID combination. The dataset provides one measurement device-report id 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-device ID combination
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