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Surface Water - Chemistry Results

Published by California State Water Resources Control Board | State of California | Metadata Last Checked: February 26, 2026 | Last Modified: 2026-02-06T23:56:25.849678
This data provides results from the [California Environmental Data Exchange Network](https://ceden.org/) (CEDEN) for field and lab chemistry analyses. The data set contains two provisionally assigned values (“DataQuality” and “DataQualityIndicator”) to help users interpret the data quality metadata provided with the associated result. Due to file size limitations, the data has been split into individual resources by year. The entire dataset can also be downloaded in bulk using the zip files on this page (in csv format or parquet format), and developers can also use the API associated with each year's dataset to access the data. Users who want to manually download more specific subsets of the data can also use the **[CEDEN Query Tool](https://ceden.org/find_data_page.shtml)**, which provides access to the same data presented here, but allows for interactive data filtering. **NOTE:** Some of the field and lab chemistry data that has been submitted to CEDEN since 2020 has not been loaded into the CEDEN database. That data is not included in this data set (and is also not available via the CEDEN query tool described above), but is available as a supplemental data set available here: **[Surface Water - Chemistry Results - CEDEN Augmentation](https://data.ca.gov/dataset/surface-water-chemistry-results-ceden-augmentation)**. For consistency, many of the conditions applied to the data in this dataset and in the CEDEN query tool are also applied to that supplemental dataset (e.g., no rejected data or replicates are included), but that supplemental data is provisional and may not reflect all of the QA/QC controls applied to the regular CEDEN data available here.

Resources

58 resources available

  • 2002 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2007 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • CEDEN Water Chemistry Data Prior to 2000

    CSV
  • 2020 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2013 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2016 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2011 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2010 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2009 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2022 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2017 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2019 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2023 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2014 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2026 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2015 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2005 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2025 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2000 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2024 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2006 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2008 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2004 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2001 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2003 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2021 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2018 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • 2012 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2002 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2007 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - CEDEN Water Chemistry Data Prior to 2000

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2020 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2013 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2016 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2011 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2010 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2009 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2022 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2017 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2019 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2023 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2014 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2015 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2005 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2025 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2000 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2024 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2006 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2008 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2004 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2001 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2003 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2021 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2018 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • Data Dictionary - 2012 CEDEN Water Chemistry Data

    CSV
  • CEDEN Water Chemistry Data Dictionary

    PDF
  • CEDEN Water Chemistry Data (Parquet File Format - All Years)

    ZIP
  • CEDEN Water Chemistry Data (Zipped CSV - All Years)

    ZIP

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