Water Rights Database and Related Files

The Water Rights database contains data from all active and inactive surface water rights permits and water supply contracts. It is updated once each month. For an explanation of the data, please open the "Data Dictionary" and the "Metadata" documents. Further questions about this database should be directed to the Data branch of the Water Rights Team at (512) 239-4691.

  • Water Rights Database File
  • -unzips two Excel files, one containing all of the active water rights (wractive.xls), and the other containing all of the inactive water rights (wrinactive.xls).
  • Data Dictionary ( Word or PDF)- defines each field used in the database.
  • Metadata ( Word or PDF)- describes the database in terms of what data is collected, why the data is collected, and how the data is collected.
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Water Rights Permitting and Availability