Knowing who we are and what we do

• Park Water Company (Park), 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 Department of Public Health (CDPH), the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the CPUC. The CDPH has primary jurisdiction.
• Investor owned utilities must meet the same water quality standards as water utilities of other ownership types, including municipalities.
• Park is a member agency of the Central Basin Municipal Water District (CBMWD), purchasing about 81 percent of its water from this supplier. PWC is a sub-agency of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD).
• MWD imports 60 percent of all the water used in Southern California. Some of this water originates from high in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and transported through the State Water Project. The remaining water comes from the Colorado River through the Colorado River Aqueduct.
• Park's water system has a total of 6 active and 6 standby wells, and 6 CBMWD connections providing water to 28,000 service connections serving approximately 112,000 people.
• Since reporting has been required, Park was issued an administrative violation in May 1993 and water quality violations in April 1997, February 1998, and March 2009, none resulting in any hazard to the public.
• Approximately 92 percent of Park's customers are residential.
• Park's largest customer base is the City of 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 $114 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.
• Park has a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan that is rehearsed on a regular basis.
• Park and its subsidiary companies have been recognized for their exemplary safety records.
• Park Water Company has been granted the status of Climate Action Leader by the California Climate Action Registry a non-profit voluntary registry for green house gas emissions.
• Park Water Company voluntarily participates in the California Public Utilities Commission's Utility Supplier Diversity Program