Knowing who we are and what we do

• Park Water Company, incorporated in 1937, is an investor owned utility providing quality drinking water to portions of seven communities in southeast Los Angeles County. The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) directly regulates the utility operation.
• Water quality standards are set and monitored by the California State Department of Health Services (DHS), the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the CPUC. The DHS has primary jurisdiction.
• Investor owned utilities must meet the same water quality standards as water utilities of other ownership types, including municipalities.
• PWC is a member agency of the Central Basin Municipal Water District (CBMWD), purchasing approximately 90% of its water from this supplier. PWC is a sub-agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD).
• MWD imports 60% of all the water used in Southern California. About 33% of that originates from high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and transported through the State Water Project. The remaining 67% comes from the Colorado River through the Colorado River Aqueduct.
• PWC's Central Basin Division currently has 9 active and 5 standby wells, and 6 MWD connections providing water to 27,500 service connections serving approximately 100,000 people.
• Since reporting has been required, PWC was issued an administrative violation in May 1993 and water quality violations in April 1997 and February 1998, none resulting in any hazard to the public.
• Approximately 70% of PWC's customers are residential.
• Our largest customer base is Norwalk. Second is the unincorporated area of Compton, then Bellflower, unincorporated south Los Angeles, Lynwood, Artesia, and Santa Fe Springs.
• The average customer water bill is approximately $100 per 2-month billing period.
• A water bill has two types of charges. One is a "readiness to serve" charge determined by the meter size. This charge will appear on the bill whether water is used or not. The second is a quantity charge determined by the amount of water used.
• PWC has a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan that is rehearsed on a regular basis.
• PWC and its subsidiary companies have been recognized for their exemplary safety records.
• Currently, our educational and conservation programs include a conservation assembly program for elementary schools.