Geographic Water Information System (GWIS)

The Water Resources' GWIS database includes water right place-of-use polygons and associated device points.

For an export of the GWIS ArcSDE Geodatabase, download the GWIS_SDEexport.zip, which contains a File Geodatabase.

GWIS data entry is a statewide work in progress, and coverage is NOT complete!

Click on the Page1.html to begin using the GWIS Data Dictionary.

Disclaimer: The Data is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind.
The entire risk as to the results and performance of the Data is assumed by you.
Should the Data prove defective, you assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair, or correction.
Further, the Washington State Department of Ecology does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations
regarding the use of, or results from the use of the Data in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, currentness,
or otherwise; and you rely on the Data and results solely at your own risk.

For questions regarding the GWIS data download, please contact Nicholas Riddle (hrid461@ecy.wa.gov) and Brad Carlson (brac461@ecy.wa.gov).