How can I access the Division’s electronic Water Right Information Management System (eWRIMS) to determine who owns a particular water right?
You can access the eWIRMS (Water Rights Information Management System) via the Division’s web site. Deployed in October of 2007, eWRIMS is a computer database developed by the State Water Resources Control Board to store, track and improve access to information on water rights in California. eWRIMS consists of both a tabular database and an integrated geographic information system (GIS). In eWRIMS, data can be searched by water right owner’s name, watershed, stream system, or county; scanned images of permits and licenses can be accessed and downloaded; and points of diversion can be plotted and viewed in the GIS.