City of Alhambra Water Division
City of Alhambra municipal water service area, Los Angeles County; active CWS PWS CA1910001
Population reference
The active City of Alhambra CWS serves the City of Alhambra and adjacent municipal service areas; the current SDWIS result confirms CA1910001 is active but the population field was not exposed in the retrieved page. The service area is comfortably above the requested 3,300-population threshold based on the City’s municipal customer base.
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
- Bi-monthly. The City’s low-income assistance is applied to the fixed water-rate portion of the bi-monthly bill, and the published water-rate table is expressly bi-monthly.
- Rate structure
- Bi-monthly fixed service charge by meter size plus increasing-block commodity rates: the published schedule lists $2.73 per CCF for usage from 1–28 CCF and $3.59 per additional CCF. The 5/8-inch water service charge is $34.90 per bi-monthly bill; one CCF equals 748 gallons.
- Residential cost reference
- Approximately $57–$66 per month water-only equivalent for a 5/8-inch meter using 5,000–7,000 gallons: the $34.90 bi-monthly fixed charge averages $17.45/month and 6.68–9.36 CCF at $2.73/CCF adds about $18.23–$25.56/month. Add the separate published residential sewer charge, which is $30.49 per bi-monthly bill for a 5/8-inch meter, or about $15.25/month, before any assistance or taxes.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Alhambra bills sewer bi-monthly with a fixed residential service charge and a separate sewer usage rate. The published schedule lists a 5/8-inch residential sewer service charge of $30.49 per bi-monthly bill and a $0.644-per-CCF sewer usage rate; sewer is billed with the City water account rather than calculated as a flat percentage of the water charge.
- Meter reading
- Alhambra is upgrading to Advanced Metering Infrastructure: wireless meters send usage data to the Dropcountr cloud app, enabling real-time consumption monitoring and leak/high-use alerts. The reviewed page does not state a universal read calendar or vendor model, but AMI is the City’s documented modernization path.
- New-account deposit
- Every water-service application generally requires a cash deposit unless satisfactory credit has been established. A customer who has paid City water bills promptly each month for at least one year is considered to have established satisfactory credit; an owner-occupant of a single-family premise is also treated as having satisfactory credit. A required deposit is due within five days and is retained until closing, then applied to the final bill with any balance refunded.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The reviewed current page does not expose a single universal activation or transfer amount. The City fee schedule includes new-service, turn-on, meter-test, and related charges; applicants should use the Customer Service Center and current new-service fee sheet for the address-specific total.
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How documentation coverage compares
This profile
100%
overview fields with research notes
California
67%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
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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
100%
Primary verification routes
- City of Alhambra Water Division public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- csd.ca.gov reference ↗
Public URL preserved in the compiled record. Confirm its publisher, date, and applicability before relying on it.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (CA1910001) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID CA1910001.