CSV

Dry Well Reports

Data dictionary

Field definitions supplied by the publishing agency in CKAN.

Column	Type	Label	Description
ID	text	—	Unique Identifier (auto generated)
CREATE DATE	text	—	Date report created
Shortage Type	text	—	Answer to: What type of water shortage are you facing? [Dry well (groundwater); Low creek, stsream, spring, or other surface water source]
Primary Usages	text	—	Answer to: What is the primary use of this well or creek? [Household; Ag/Irrigation; Combination of Household/Agriculture; Other ______]
Household Support	text	—	Answer to: If household use, what kind of houehold is the well supporting ? [owner-occupied; renter-occupied; Other _____]
Water Issues	text	—	Answer to : Please describe the water issue. [Well is dry (no longer producing water); Reduction in water pressure, lower flows; Well is puumping sand, muddy water; Well is catching air, have to wait to be able to pump; reduction in water quality; Intermittent availability of creek, stream, spring or other surface water source; Entirely unavailable creek, stream, spring, or other surface water source; Other _____]
Approximate Issue Start Date	timestamp	—	Answer to: Approximate date problem started [________]
County	text	—	[pull down of California counties]
CITY	text	—	[____________]
LATITUDE	numeric	—	[Interactive map generates latitude, longitude, street address, city, zip code, or; numerical decimal degrees]
LONGITUDE	numeric	—	[Interactive map generates latitude, longitude, street address, city, zip code, or; numerical decimal degrees]
Well Depth	text	—	[numerical; "in feet, if known"]
Approximate Repair Cost	text	—	Answer to: If your well was fixed, please note the approximate cost of repairs [_______________]
Additional Info	text	—	Answer to: Additional Information [____________anything else we should know_________]
Well to Water Depth	text	—	Answer to: What is the depth to water in the well? "in feet, if know" [____________]
Measure Date	text	—	Answer to : Date Measured [____________________]
Pump Rate Reduction	text	—	Answer to: Has the pumping rate been reduced? If yes, about how much? [No, I's pumping at the same rate; Yes, about 10% reduction; Yes, about a 20-30% reduction; Yes, about a 30-40% reduction; Not sure; It's no longer producing any water; Other __________]
Report Date	timestamp	—	Answer to: Report Date [available only if reported by agency/local government/housing assistance organization; _____________]
Current Status	text	—	The well's current status (Outage, Resolved, Interim Solution, Vulnerable).
Status Date	text	—	The date of the well's current status.
Actions Taken	text	—	The action taken associated with the well's current status.
Status Notes	text	—	Notes associated with the well's current status.

Format	CSV
Last updated	Oct 7, 2026
Part of	Dry Well Reporting System Data

CKAN Data API

Access resource data through the CKAN DataStore API. The examples below use this resource's ID.

Endpoints

The Data API provides these actions. Creating or updating records requires appropriate permissions; the query actions read public DataStore records.

Create	`https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_create`
Update / insert	`https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_upsert`
Query	`https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search`
Query via SQL	`https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql`

Query examples

First five results

"https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=235f09d1-cdc2-4a82-8049-89b9b6827400&limit=5"

Results containing "jones"

"https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=235f09d1-cdc2-4a82-8049-89b9b6827400&q=jones"

SQL query

"https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search_sql?sql=SELECT%20%2A%20FROM%20%22235f09d1-cdc2-4a82-8049-89b9b6827400%22%20LIMIT%205"

SQL queries depend on whether SQL search is enabled by the portal.

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&$top=5
ODATA_RESOURCE_URL?$select=FIELD_NAME&$filter=FIELD_NAME eq 'VALUE'

Replace ODATA_RESOURCE_URL, FIELD_NAME, and VALUE with the details for the selected resource. See the OData query options guide (opens in a new tab) for more examples.

Use the API in code

JavaScript (JSONP)

var data = { resource_id: '235f09d1-cdc2-4a82-8049-89b9b6827400', limit: 5, q: 'jones' };
$.ajax({
  url: 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search',
  data: data,
  dataType: 'jsonp',
  success: function (response) {
    console.log(response.result.total, response.result.records);
  }
});

Python

import json
from urllib.request import urlopen

url = 'https://ckan.cdt.dev.datopian.com/api/3/action/datastore_search?resource_id=235f09d1-cdc2-4a82-8049-89b9b6827400&limit=5'
with urlopen(url) as response:
    result = json.load(response)['result']
print(result['total'], result['records'])

For parameters and response fields, see the CKAN DataStore documentation (opens in a new tab).