Golden State Water Company - Orcutt
Orcutt and surrounding Santa Maria Customer Service Area
Population reference
34,102 people (EPA SDWA queue estimate for CA4210016)
Billing detail
Partial public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
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- Billing frequency
- Monthly or bimonthly depending on the applicable CPUC-approved rate schedule. Golden State Water’s Rule 9 states bills are rendered monthly or bimonthly at the utility’s option unless a rate schedule provides otherwise.
- Rate structure
- CPUC-regulated metered residential rate schedules with a fixed service charge and usage charges in Ccf, plus applicable service-area surcharges or conservation measures. Golden State Water states that the Santa Maria area moved from a single residential rate to a three-tier structure, and the Orcutt system is one of the groundwater systems in that service area.
- Residential cost reference
- The official Santa Maria Customer Service Area page gives a current reference point of $95.25 per month for an average residential customer with a 5/8-by-3/4-inch meter using 8,976 gallons (12 Ccf), excluding any applicable surcharges. A precise Orcutt 5,000-7,000-gallon 2026 bill requires the Orcutt tariff sheet and current service-area surcharge status.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- The reviewed Orcutt and Santa Maria materials describe Golden State Water’s regulated water service and do not expose a separate Orcutt residential sewer calculation. If sewer is separately provided by another local agency, customers should not assume that Golden State Water’s water usage charge includes wastewater.
- Meter reading
- Traditional metered billing is stated in Ccf: one Ccf equals 748 gallons, and the meter-reading explanation describes reading the cumulative cubic-foot register and discarding the black-background digits. The reviewed Orcutt materials do not identify universal AMI/AMR transmission or a fixed field-reading schedule.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
71%
overview fields with research notes
California
67%
records with any overview detail
National index
50%
records with any overview detail
Coverage measures what this directory documented. It does not measure service quality, affordability, or regulatory compliance.
Research record
Partial public detail found
5 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
71%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- New-account deposit
- Activation or transfer fee
“Not confirmed” means the directory did not identify a dependable public statement. It does not mean the provider has no policy or option.
Primary verification routes
- Golden State Water Company - Orcutt public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (CA4210016) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID CA4210016.