California Water Rights Points of Investigation List

This list includes detail information about every Point of Investigation (POI) water rights record in the State Water Resources Control Board's "Electronic Water Rights Information Management System" (EWRIMS) database. A Point of Investigation is the geographic area associated to a water right investigation. POI is a location of interest during an investigation and there may be several POIs in an investigation. Generally, POIs can be permit/license/statement PODs, places of use, point of alleged unauthorized diversion, place of alleged unauthorized use. Each row in the dataset corresponds with a unique Point of Investigation ID and its associated data. The list include basic summary information about the Water Right Investigation record, such as the type and status, the location of the Point of Investigation, the inspections 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.