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Water Right Codes
Use Codes
 
Mining (0)
  • MI - Mining
 
Agriculture (1)
  • AG - Agriculture
  • CF - Supplemental Flood Harvesting
  • CH - Harvesting of Cranberries
  • CR - Cranberries
  • DB - Dairy Barn
  • FR - Frost Protection
  • GH - Greenhouse
  • MS - Mint Still
  • NU - Nursery Uses
  • TC - Temperature Control
 
Domestic (2)
  • DI - Domestic Including Lawn & Garden
  • DN - Domestic Expanded Including Non-
    Commercial Garden
  • DO - Domestic
  • DS - Domestic & Livestock
  • GD - Group Domestic
  • HC - Human Consumption
  • RR - Restroom
  • SC - School
 
Irrigation (3)
  • CI - Irrigation of Cranberries
  • I* - Irrigation, Livestock & Domestic
  • IC - Primary & Supplemental Irrigation
  • ID - Irrigation & Domestic
  • IL - Irrigation & Livestock
  • IR - Irrigation
  • IS - Supplemental Irrigation
  • OI - Out of Season Irrigation
 
Commercial (4)
  • CM - Commercial Uses
  • GC - General Construction or Maintenance
  •  GT - Geo-Thermal (Heating & Cooling)
  • IM - Manufacturing
  • LA - Laboratory
  • LD - Log Deck Sprinkling
  • SH - Shop
  • SM - Sawmill
 
Recreation (5)
  • CS - Campsite
  • RC - Recreation
  • SW - Swimming
 
Power (6)
  • PW - Power Development
  • RM - Ram
 
Fish (7)
  • AQ - Aquaculture
  • FI - Fish Culture
  • FW - Fish & Wildlife
 
Livestock (8) 
  • LV - Livestock
  • LW - Livestock & Wildlife
 
Municipal (9) 
  • MU - Municipal
  • QM - Quasi-Municipal
 
Instream (I) 
  • F1 - Supporting Aquatic Life
  • F2 - Best Use of Waters from Storage
  • F3 - Anadromous & Resident Fish Habitat
  • F4 - Instream
  • F5 - Instream Fishery Enhancement
  • F6 - Fisheries Enhancement
  • F7 - Flow Augmentation for Fish Enhancement
  • F8 - Anadromous & Resident Fish Rearing
  • FE - Fish Habitat for Resident Borax Lake Chub
  • PF - Supporting Aquatic & Minimizing Pollution
  • PO - Pollution Abatement
  • R1 - Anadromous & Recreation Fish & Recreation
  • R2 - Supporting Aquatic Life, Recreation & Aesthetics
  • R3 - Supporting Recreation & Aesthetic Benefits
  • RA - Supporting Recreational Boating
  • RF - Supporting Aquatic Life & Recreation
 
Miscellaneous (M) 
  • AH - Air Conditioning or Heating
  • AS - Aesthetics
  • FM - Forest Management
  • FP - Fire Protection
  • GR - Groundwater Recharge
  • MP - Multiple Purpose
  • PA - Pollution Abatement
  • PM - Pond Maintenance
  • RW - Road Construction
  • ST - Storage
 
Wildlife (W) 
  • RH - Riparian Habitat Restoration Project
  • WI - Wildlife
 Prefixes/Misc
 
Application Characters
  • E - Enlargement
  • G - Groundwater
  • IS - Instream
  • MF - Minimum Flow (converted)
  • P - Pond
  • R - Reservoir
  • S - Surface
  • U - Underground
 
Permit Characters
  • E - Enlargement
  • G - Groundwater
  • R - Reservoir
  • S - Surface
  • U - Underground
 
Claim Characters
  • GR - Groundwater Registrations
  • KL - Klamath Adjudications
  • SW - Surface Water Registrations
 
Transfer Characters
  • A - Z Transfer
 
Meridian
  • BM - Boise - Idaho
  • MDM - Mount Diablo - Northern California
  • WM - Willamette - Oregon & Washington
 
Transfer Type
  • 311 - HB3111
  • ALT - District Temporary Transfers
  • AMN - Permit Amendment
  • DRO - Drought Transfer
  • DST - Irrigation District Permit
  • EXC - Exchange Transfer
  • GVT - Government Action POD
  • HST - Historic Pod
  • IS - Instream Transfer
  • REG - Normal Division 15
  • SUB - Substitution Transfer
  • TLI - Time Limited Instream Transfer
  • TMP - Temporary Transfer
 Status
 
Application
  • CN - Canceled
  • MF - Misfiled
  • NC - Non Canceled
  • RJ - Rejected
  • SU - Superceded
  • WD - Withdrawn
 
Permit
  • CN - Canceled
  • EX – Expired  
  • NC - Non Canceled
  • SU - Superceded
 
Certificate
  • * - Active Right
  • CF - Confirming
  • CN - Canceled
  • CR - Correcting
  • NC - Non Canceled
  • SP - Suspended
  • SU - Superceded
 
Point of Diversion
  • CN - Canceled
  • EX - Expired 
  • MF - Misfiled
  • NC - Non Canceled
  • RJ - Rejected
  • SP - Suspended
  • SU - Superceded
  • UK - Unknown
  • UN - Unused
  • WD - Withdrawn
 
Place of use
  • CN - Canceled
  • EX - Expired 
  • MF - Misfiled
  • NC - Non Canceled
  • RJ - Rejected
  • SP - Suspended
  • SU - Superceded
  • UK - Unknown
  • UN - Unused
  • WD - Withdrawn
 
Transfer
  • IC - Inchoate
  • MF - Misfiled
  • OD - Order
  • PN - Pending
  • RJ - Rejected
  • WD - Withdrawn
  • XS - Exit System

Page updated: June 03, 2009