California Water Service Company - Hermosa-Redondo System
Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and portions of Torrance
Population reference
96,853 people; 24,665 residential service connections, 2,160 commercial connections, and 20 industrial connections according to California Drinking Water Watch for active system CA1910134.
Billing detail
Broad public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
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- Billing frequency
- Generally monthly billing, with the bill showing the service period, meter read dates, current charges, due date, and prior balance. The exact read and due-date calendar is premise-specific.
- Rate structure
- CPUC-regulated metered increasing-block residential structure for the South Bay Region/Hermosa-Redondo tariff: a fixed monthly service charge plus usage priced in successive CCF blocks, with separate tariff schedules for non-residential and recycled-water service. One CCF is approximately 748 gallons. The current July 1, 2026 residential tariff lists 1-6 CCF at $1.9548 per CCF, 7-12 CCF at $7.8198, 13-16 CCF at $9.8089, and usage above 16 CCF at $11.7677, plus a $31.39 monthly service charge.
- Residential cost reference
- Using the current July 1, 2026 Hermosa-Redondo residential tariff and excluding taxes, surcharges, conservation penalties, and sewer, approximately $48.44 per month at 5,000 gallons (about 6.68 CCF) and $69.39 at 7,000 gallons (about 9.36 CCF). The actual bill varies with meter size, billing days, tier allocation, local surcharges, and any municipal wastewater charge billed separately.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- California Water Service bills the potable-water charge for the Hermosa-Redondo system; sewer is normally a separate municipal charge imposed by the customer’s city or another sewer agency. The reviewing customer should compare the water meter usage and the separate sewer bill, because the sewer agency may use actual water consumption, a winter-average method, a cap, or a fixed residential equivalent-unit charge. No single Cal Water Hermosa-Redondo sewer formula applies across Hermosa Beach, Redondo Beach, and Torrance, and the city sewer agency must confirm its current base, usage, winter-average, and adjustment rules.
- Meter reading
- The active Hermosa-Redondo system uses customer water meters and Cal Water's periodic billing reads. The district page does not publish a fixed local AMI deployment percentage or route day; Cal Water company materials describe AMR/AMI pilots in selected districts but do not establish that every Hermosa-Redondo account has an advanced meter. Customers should use the bill's read dates and current/previous reads, review usage history in the account portal, and ask Cal Water to confirm the exact meter technology and leak-alert capability for the premise.
- New-account deposit
- Cal Water Rule 6 permits a cash deposit or other approved credit security when an applicant does not establish credit; the exact amount is account- and credit-specific rather than a universal Hermosa-Redondo flat amount. Under the reviewed Rule 7 terms, after 12 consecutive months in which at least 10 bills were paid within 15 days after presentation and service was not discontinued for nonpayment, the deposit is automatically refunded as an account credit with applicable interest. A customer re-establishing service after delinquency may need to pay the balance, reconnection charges, and a deposit.
- Activation or transfer fee
- No single universal 2026 routine name-transfer fee is stated on the reviewed Hermosa-Redondo district or payment pages. New-service connections, meters, deposits, construction, inspections, and special facilities are governed separately by Cal Water rules and tariffs. The applicant should obtain a premise-specific activation, connection, or deposit quote from the Rancho Dominguez district rather than assume that every transfer is free.
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100%
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67%
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National index
50%
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Research record
Broad public detail found
7 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
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Primary verification routes
- California Water Service Company - Hermosa-Redondo System public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (CA1910134) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID CA1910134.