Water right · San Luis Obispo County, California, United States
Nacimiento River power right A026901
Nacimiento River power right A026901 is a permitted appropriative water right in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, with 361,989 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 A026901 (Appropriative) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Location | San Luis Obispo County, California | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Status | Permitted | 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 | 361,989 acre-ft/year (face value) | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Priority date | 1 Jul 1981 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water use | Power | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Water source | NACIMIENTO RIVER | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
| Coordinates | 35.7587, -120.8846 | eWRIMS Water Rights List · Public domain · checked 24 Oct 2026 |
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How it compares by face-value volume
Nacimiento River power right A026901 is the 119th-largest of 238 storage and power rights in California by face-value volume, with 361,989 acre-ft/year. Its uses include storage or power, so its face value counts water held in a reservoir or run through turbines, not water consumed. It is ranked among storage and power rights only, and face values are not added up.
| Within | Rank |
|---|---|
| California | 119th of 238 |
Nearby
Within 50 km of this water right: 2 power plants, measured from the coordinates in the facts above.
| Name | Kind | Size | Status | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whale Rock Pumped Storage Hydro Project | Power plant | 600 MW | Planned | 34 km |
| Athens Solar I (Hybrid) | Power plant | 500 MW | Planned | 47 km |
Holder and place
More from Monterey County Water Resources Agency
- Nacimiento River municipal and irrigation right A016124350,000 acre-ft/year
- Salinas River municipal and irrigation right A016761220,000 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.