District Information

Serving Commerce, East Los Angeles, and portions of Monterey Park and Vernon

Cal Water has provided high-quality water utility services in the East Los Angeles area since 1928. In addition to the 26,600 customer connections in our East Los Angeles system, we serve 1,200 customer connections through an operating contract with the City of Commerce.

East Los Angeles

To meet our customers' needs, we use a combination of local groundwater and purchased water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), which is imported from the Colorado River and the State Water Project in northern California. The East Los Angeles water system currently includes 10 active wells, 26 booster pumps, 16 storage tanks, and three MWD connections.

City of Commerce

Cal Water has provided high-quality water utility services to the area served by the City of Commerce water system through an operations and maintenance contract since 1985. To meet our customers' needs, we use a combination of local groundwater and purchased water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California (MWD), which is imported from the Colorado River and the State Water Project in northern California. The City of Commerce water system includes three active wells, 12 booster pumps, five storage tanks, and one MWD connection.