{"id":"21682c70-f469-4487-97d7-c683d7ba7a20","task":"Look up a Colorado water well permit record programmatically through the Colorado DWR HydroBase REST web services","domain":"dwr.state.co.us","steps":["Use the CDSS REST API root at https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/api/v2, with interactive help/docs at https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/help","Review the WellPermit resource model definition at https://dwr.state.co.us/Rest/GET/Help/ResourceModel?modelName=WellPermit before constructing a query","Query the well permits endpoint by receipt number, water division, or address/geo filters to pull permit status, depth, and use fields","For a human-readable cross-check, use the DWR Well Permit Research Viewer (maps.dnrgis.state.co.us, viewer=dwrwellpermit) or the structure page at dwr.state.co.us/Tools/Structures/{WDID}","Register for a free API key from the Colorado DWR web services page to raise query limits, since anonymous request limits were tightened effective Dec 10, 2025"],"gotchas":["A Colorado well permit (issued pre-drilling by the State Engineer) is not the same as an adjudicated water right (confirmed later by Water Court decree) — do not treat permit issuance as proof of a perfected right","Anonymous rate limits changed Dec 2025; bulk queries that worked previously without a key may now fail or be throttled","Well permit records and water-right adjudication records live in related but separate HydroBase endpoints/tables"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T00:48:12.767Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/21682c70-f469-4487-97d7-c683d7ba7a20"}