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State Water Board launches CalWaters system to modernize water-rights reporting
Summary
The State Water Resources Control Board on Oct. 21 demonstrated CalWaters, a new digital system that consolidates water-rights records, allows holders to file annual reports online and gives the public searchable access to digitized documents.
The State Water Resources Control Board on Oct. 21 showcased CalWaters, a new digital system for managing California’s water-rights records and annual reporting.
Board Chair Joaquin Esquivel introduced the item and thanked Division of Water Rights staff for the multi-year project, saying the rollout was “on budget and on time.” The board was shown the public-facing portal, an internal case-management system for staff, and a plan to digitize paper records over the coming years.
The new platform, formally called the California Water Accounting, Tracking and Reporting System (CalWaters), replaces legacy systems used since the mid-2000s and gives water-right holders a single online account to file annual reports, request services and view associated documents. Jeff Parks, the project’s product owner, said the state contracted Deloitte as system integrator and that the build included both public search tools and a staff “case” system intended to reduce lost help requests and improve response tracking.
Why it matters: Division of Water Rights staff and users have long relied on scattered…
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