California Water Rights Points of Diversion LIST (Detail Summary List)
This list includes detail information about every Point of Diversion water rights record in the State Water Resources Control Board's "Electronic Water Rights Information Management System" (EWRIMS) database. A Point of Diversion is the geographic area from which water is diverted using infrastructure (works) and put to beneficial use. Examples of works include water storage dams, diversion dams, dugouts, and pump sites along a surface water source. Each row correspond with a unique Point of Diversion ID 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. That information may be available in the associated flat files for each category.
Data files
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California Water Rights Points of Diversion LIST (Detail Summary List) This list includes detail information about every Point of Diversion water rights record in the State Water Resources Control Board's "Electronic Water Rights Information Management System" (EWRIMS) database. A Point of Diversion is the geographic area from which water is diverted using infrastructure (works) and put to beneficial use. Examples of works include water storage dams, diversion dams, dugouts, and pump sites along a surface water source. Each row correspond with a unique Point of Diversion ID 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. That information may be available in the associated flat files for each category. | Download | CSV 57.29 MB | 11/03/21 |
Supporting files
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POINTS OF DIVERSION DATA DICTIONARY Data dictionary for Points of Diversion dataset. | XCL 25.91 KB | 11/03/21 |
More details
Additional Information: The unique identifier for the dataset is "POD ID". The dataset provides one record per point of divesrion id and all the existing associated data to that record. In most cases one to many relationships are resoved by providin an aggegate of the values, the most relevant or recent value, or a reduced number of the most relevant values in the dataset. For example if a Point of Diversion right has more than one water right associated, the dataset includes details of the POD with the most recent updated date. It also provides the number of water rights to the POD ID. 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 teh 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 veryfied 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 Point of Diversion under a water right or application
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