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In 1949, the California Legislature concluded that collecting information on newly constructed, modified or destroyed wells would be valuable in the event of underground pollution, and would provide geologic information on the State's groundwater basins. The California Water Code (Section 13700) recognizes that improperly constructed and abandoned water wells can be a source of groundwater contamination and a threat to public health, and requires water well drillers to file a Well Completion Report (WCR) form with the California Department of Water Resources (Section 13751). WCRs contain information collected by drillers during the drilling and construction of water wells, including the location, dates of construction, planned use, depth of the well, subsurface geologic units encountered, well construction, and well yield. California Water Code Section 13752 allows for the release of copies of well completion reports to governmental agencies and to the public. DWR is now making well completion reports information available online.
The associated data are considered DWR enterprise GIS data, which meet all appropriate requirements of the DWR Spatial Data Standards, specifically the DWR Spatial Data Standard version 2.1, dated March 9, 2016. DWR makes no warranties or guarantees —either expressed or implied — as to the completeness, accuracy, or correctness of the data. DWR neither accepts nor assumes liability arising from or for any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading subject data. Comments, problems, improvements, updates, or suggestions should be forwarded to gis@water.ca.gov. |
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In 1949, the California Legislature concluded that collecting information on newly constructed, modified or destroyed wells would be valuable in the event of underground pollution, and would provide geologic information on the State's groundwater basins. The California Water Code (Section 13700) recognizes that improperly constructed and abandoned water wells can be a source of groundwater contamination and a threat to public health, and requires water well drillers to file a Well Completion Report (WCR) form with the California Department of Water Resources (Section 13751). WCRs contain information collected by drillers during the drilling and construction of water wells, including the location, dates of construction, planned use, depth of the well, subsurface geologic units encountered, well construction, and well yield. California Water Code Section 13752 allows for the release of copies of well completion reports to governmental agencies and to the public. DWR is now making well completion reports information available online.
The associated data are considered DWR enterprise GIS data, which meet all appropriate requirements of the DWR Spatial Data Standards, specifically the DWR Spatial Data Standard version 2.1, dated March 9, 2016. DWR makes no warranties or guarantees —either expressed or implied — as to the completeness, accuracy, or correctness of the data. DWR neither accepts nor assumes liability arising from or for any incorrect, incomplete, or misleading subject data. Comments, problems, improvements, updates, or suggestions should be forwarded to gis@water.ca.gov. |
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<DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>This feature class represents an index of records from the California Department of Water Resources' (DWR) Online System for Well Completion Reports (OSWCR). This feature class is for informational purposes only. All attribute values should be verified by reviewing the original Well Completion Report. Known issues include: - Missing and duplicate records - Missing values (either missing on original Well Completion Report, or not key entered into database) - Incorrect values (e.g. incorrect Latitude, Longitude, Record Type, Planned Use, Total Completed Depth) - Limited spatial resolution: The majority of well completion reports have been spatially registered to the center of the 1x1 mile Public Land Survey System section that the well is located in.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV> |
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