Water right · Monterey County, California, United States
Salinas River municipal and irrigation right A016761
Salinas River municipal and irrigation right A016761 is an appropriative water right in Monterey County, California, United States, with 220,000 acre-ft/year of face-value volume, held by Monterey County Water Resources Agency.
Facts
Every value links to its source, and to the source's own record where it has one. Licences and last-checked dates are per row.
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Name in the source | Water right A016761 (Appropriative) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | Monterey County, California | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Active | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Holder | Monterey County Water Resources Agency | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Volume | 220,000 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 2 Dec 1955 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Domestic, Industrial, Irrigation, Municipal, Recreational | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | SALINAS RIVER | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 36.7091, -121.7507 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by face-value volume
Salinas River municipal and irrigation right A016761 is the 106th-largest of 262 water rights in California by face-value volume, with 220,000 acre-ft/year. Ranks and totals cover the water rights in our data that report their face-value volume, not every one in existence. Storage and power rights are ranked apart and not added in.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| California | 106th of 262 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 1 power plant (1,848 MW), measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dynegy Moss Landing Power Plant Hybrid | Power plant | 1,848 MW | Operating | 11 km |
Holder and place
More from Monterey County Water Resources Agency
- Nacimiento River power right A026901361,989 acre-ft/year · power
- Nacimiento River municipal and irrigation right A016124350,000 acre-ft/year
- Salinas River municipal and irrigation right A013225135,000 acre-ft/year
Other water rights in California
- Solano County municipal and irrigation right A0144439,004,510 acre-ft/year
- Rock Slough municipal and irrigation right A0056267,998,004 acre-ft/year
- Contra Costa County municipal and industrial right A0093647,818,798 acre-ft/year
- Colorado River irrigation and domestic right A0074827,239,775 acre-ft/year
- Contra Costa County municipal and irrigation right A0133705,347,832 acre-ft/year
- San Joaquin River municipal and irrigation right A0056383,917,478 acre-ft/year
- San Joaquin County municipal and irrigation right A0056283,349,944 acre-ft/year
- Contra Costa County irrigation and domestic right A0153753,030,762 acre-ft/year
Data on this page
- Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (Sep 2026). EIA-860 / 860M / 923, Public domain.
- eWRIMS Water Rights List. eWRIMS Water Rights List, Public domain.