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State Water Board previews Cal Waters launch; $60 million program, digitization and June data freeze set timeline
Summary
At a public Upward Advisory Group meeting, State Water Resources Control Board staff demonstrated the Cal Waters portal that will replace ERIMS, outlined a multi‑million dollar budget and digitization plan for about 7 million paper records, and set a June freeze and mid‑July go‑live window followed by outreach before annual reporting seasons.
State Water Resources Control Board staff on Oct. 12 described Cal Waters, the division’s new web platform to replace ERIMS, and gave users a timeline for migration and outreach.
Brent Vanderberg, supervising geologist and project director for Upward California, told the Upward Advisory Group (UAG) the project is “not just developing an IT system. We’re developing a sustainable division” and that the program combines an IT build with data governance and operating policies. He said the project was funded in 2021 and that “the funding was 60,000,000 approximately it was funded over 2 years and about 40,000,000 of that is going to this IT system.”
The board plans to freeze incoming edits to the legacy systems on June 9 so data can be migrated. Staff said the current schedule…
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