Demand Analysis Water Rights
THIS LIST IS NOT AUTHORITATIVE. IT WAS DERIVED AND FORMATTED SPECIFICALLY FOR USE IN THE DEMAND ANALYSIS PROJECT. For the Authoritative Version please navigate to: https://data.ca.gov/dataset/water-rights/ This list includes detailed information about every water rights record in the State Water Resources Control Board's "Electronic Water Rights Information Management System" (EWRIMS) database. Each row corresponds with a unique application ID and its associated data. The list includes basic summary information about the Water Right record, such as the type and status, the amount of water allowed (Face Value), and summary data associated with the electronic Water Right record.
Data dictionary
Field definitions supplied by the publishing agency in CKAN.
| Column | Type | Label | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| APPLICATION_NUMBER | text | APPLICATION_NUMBER | — |
| WR_WATER_RIGHT_ID | numeric | WR_WATER_RIGHT_ID | — |
| POD_ID | text | POD_ID | — |
| LATITUDE | text | LATITUDE | — |
| LONGITUDE | text | LONGITUDE | — |
| SOURCE_NAME | text | SOURCE_NAME | — |
| APPLICATION_PRIMARY_OWNER | text | APPLICATION_PRIMARY_OWNER | — |
| PRIMARY_OWNER_NAME | text | PRIMARY_OWNER_NAME | — |
| CERTIFICATE_ID | text | CERTIFICATE_ID | — |
| PERMIT_ID | text | PERMIT_ID | — |
| LICENSE_ID | text | LICENSE_ID | — |
| WATER_RIGHT_TYPE | text | WATER_RIGHT_TYPE | — |
| WATER_RIGHT_STATUS | text | WATER_RIGHT_STATUS | — |
| PRIMARY_OWNER_ENTITY_TYPE | text | PRIMARY_OWNER_ENTITY_TYPE | — |
| MAX_DD_APPL | text | MAX_DD_APPL | — |
| MAX_DD_UNITS | text | MAX_DD_UNITS | — |
| MAX_DD_ANN | text | MAX_DD_ANN | — |
| MAX_STORAGE | text | MAX_STORAGE | — |
| MAX_TAKEN_FROM_SOURCE | text | MAX_TAKEN_FROM_SOURCE | — |
| USE_DIRECT_DIV_ANNUAL_AMOUNT | text | USE_DIRECT_DIV_ANNUAL_AMOUNT | — |
| USE_STORAGE_AMOUNT | text | USE_STORAGE_AMOUNT | — |
| POD_NUMBER | text | POD_NUMBER | — |
| POD_STATUS | text | POD_STATUS | — |
| DIRECT_DIVERSION_RATE | text | DIRECT_DIVERSION_RATE | — |
| POD_TYPE | text | POD_TYPE | — |
| PRIORITY_DATE | date | PRIORITY_DATE | — |
| APPLICATION_RECD_DATE | date | APPLICATION_RECD_DATE | — |
| APPLICATION_ACCEPTANCE_DATE | date | APPLICATION_ACCEPTANCE_DATE | — |
| SUB_TYPE | text | SUB_TYPE | — |
| YEAR_DIVERSION_COMMENCED | text | YEAR_DIVERSION_COMMENCED | — |
| INI_REPORTED_DIV_AMOUNT | text | INI_REPORTED_DIV_AMOUNT | — |
| INI_REPORTED_DIV_UNIT | text | INI_REPORTED_DIV_UNIT | — |
| FACE_VALUE_AMOUNT | text | FACE_VALUE_AMOUNT | — |
| FACE_VALUE_UNITS | text | FACE_VALUE_UNITS | — |
| WATERSHED | text | WATERSHED | — |
| TRIB_DESC | text | TRIB_DESC | — |
Resource details
| Format | CSV |
|---|---|
| Size | 20 MB |
| Rows | 63,806 |
| Last updated | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Part of | Water Rights Demand Analysis Methodology Datasets |
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CKAN Data API
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Endpoints
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OData query
Use the resource's OData URL and its field names for paging, selecting columns, or filtering rows.
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$skip=5&$top=5
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Use the API in code
JavaScript (JSONP)
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data: data,
dataType: 'jsonp',
success: function (response) {
console.log(response.result.total, response.result.records);
}
});Python
import json
from urllib.request import urlopen
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with urlopen(url) as response:
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