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eWRIMS – Electronic Water Rights Information Management System

The Electronic Water Rights Information Management System (eWRIMS) is a computer database developed by the State Water Resources Control Board to track information on water rights in California. eWRIMS contains information on Statements of Water Diversion and Use that have been filed by water diverters, as well as registrations, certificates, and water right permits and licenses that have been issued by the State Water Resources Control Board and its predecessors.

eWRIMS Database (View Water Rights)

The eWRIMS Database System provides information about water rights throughout California. You can search for water rights by several criteria, including the water right owner's name, watershed, stream system, and county.

The eWRIMS Web Mapping Application provides the spatial location of water rights throughout California. Using a Geographic Information System (GIS), you can search search for the location of water rights by visually displaying the location of point(s) of diversion on a map or aerial photograph. If you find water rights using this method, you can use the eWRIMS Database System (above) to search for information about the water rights.

eWRIMS Report Management System (RMS)

The eWRIMS Report Management System (RMS) is used by water right holders to submit the reports required as a result of their diversion and use of water. Seven types of water use reports are supported by the system:

  1. Supplemental Statement of Diversion and Use
  2. Report of Licensee
  3. Progress Report by Permittee
  4. Groundwater Extraction Notice
  5. Registrations (Livestock, Small Domestic, Small Irrigation)
  6. Stockpond Certificates
  7. Federal Filings

 

eWRIMS Help Center

If you need assistance with using eWRIMS or RMS, or if you have questions about a specific water right or project, the Division of Water Rights maintains an eWRIMS Help Center available here:

  • Help Center - [Note: This link opens in a new window]

eWRIMS Background and Development

  • Public Outreach Presentation - September 2007
  • September 17, 2007, Notice of Public Workshops - A Staff Workshop to Communicate with Water Right Stakeholders was held regarding the deployment of the newly developed Electronic Water Rights Information Management System (eWRIMS).
  • Public comments and feedback regarding eWRIMS

Disclaimer

The State Water Board has attempted to verify that data in the database is correct. However, some data errors still exist. If you find a data error, please send us an email with the record identification number, and a description of the error. If you know the correct data, please provide that information also. Thank you!

The State Water Board is maintaining this web site as a public service. The State Water Board strives to ensure that all technical data and other information made available to the public through this web site is accurate, complete and in conformance with the California Public Records Act. Neither the State Water Board nor the State of California, however, assumes any legal responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained on this site. Persons using information from this site for official purposes, or other purposes, for which accuracy and completeness are required, are hereby notified that they should first verify the information with the public records or other primary sources from which the information was obtained.