Water Rights and Water Use Data
Information on active and inactive water rights and water use data. GIS information and data files.
Water Rights Data Files
These files contain all active and inactive surface water rights permits and water supply contracts. The files include the water right holder, basin, amount of water authorized, and more.
Definitions of each field in the data files can be found in the corresponding data dictionaries.
For further questions, contact the Water Rights Permitting Team at 512-239-4600.
Water Use Data Files
These files contain amounts of water used by water right holders in non-watermaster areas of the state. This information is self-reported each year.
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Prior to 1990
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From 1990 through 1999
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From 2000 through 2014
- Dictionary for Water Rights, Water Use Data - defines each field in the spreadsheet
For water use data in non-Watermaster areas, contact the Water Rights Compliance Assurance Team at 512-239-4600.
For water use data in Watermaster areas, contact the office in your
region:
South Texas: 1-800-733-2733
Concho River:
1-866-314-4894
Rio Grande: 1-800-609-1219
Brazos:
1-844-828-6424
GIS Maps and Data
The agency standard used for zipping files is the freeware 7ZIP. If you experience difficulties downloading and extracting data from our site, please try the following:1) download the 7ZIP software from the web and use it to extract the data; and/or 2) contact your IT department and confirm that there are no limitations for downloading the files. The file extensions inside the zip files may be blocked by your firewall. If you still cannot download the data, please contact us at wras@tceq.texas.gov.
Surface Water Rights Diversion Points: GIS data for locations of water rights.