Corpoboyacá Historical Groundwater Concession Applications in Colombia

Corpoboyacá, a Colombian environmental authority, provides records of administrative procedures for granting rights to use water from deep wells. The dataset includes applicant details, application status, geographic coordinates, and administrative act information. It was last updated on 2026-05-18 via the Socrata platform.

Use Cases

• Analyze spatial distribution of water concessions using X and Y coordinates to map application density.
• Track the status and outcomes of administrative procedures by analyzing Estado Expediente and Tipo de Acto Administrativo.
• Identify applicant types and regional demand by aggregating data by Solicitante, Identificacion, and Municipio.
• Study the timeline of administrative decisions by examining Fecha AA (Administrative Act Date) in relation to other application attributes.

Strengths

• Includes explicit geographic coordinates (X, Y columns) for spatial analysis.
• Contains multiple administrative status and type columns (Estado Expediente, Tipo de Acto Administrativo, Estado Geoambiental) for detailed process tracking.
• Offers data in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, XML, and RDF.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality and completeness require manual inspection after download.
• License and author information are not specified, which may affect terms of use.

Provenance

Source

Corpoboyacá (Corporación Autónoma Regional de Boyacá), via the Colombian open data portal www.datos.gov.co.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from internal administrative records of the Grupo de Gestión Integrada de Oferta, Demanda y Calidad Hídrica.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-18 17:18:20; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Boyacá Department, Colombia, as implied by the organization Corpoboyacá and the Municipio column.