Golden State Water Company - Southwest System
Southwest Customer Service Area, including all of Gardena and Lawndale and portions of Carson, Compton, El Segundo, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Redondo Beach, and unincorporated Athens, Del Aire, El Camino Village, Lennox, and Gardena Heights
Population reference
277,740 people served; the active California Drinking Water Watch record lists 47,724 residential, 4,830 commercial, and 90 industrial metered connections.
Billing detail
Broad public detail found
Official destination
Open provider website ↗Provider-specific findings
Billing and account research from public material
Provider-specific research notes are displayed separately from fields that contain only an unavailable-information marker. Read qualifiers in each note and verify current account terms with the provider.
- Billing frequency
- Golden State Water's residential accounts may be billed monthly or bimonthly depending on the route and account. Bills are due on presentation, and the printed statement controls the service period, meter read, amount due, and due date.
- Rate structure
- The CPUC 2026 Metropolitan District Schedule ME-1-R for Golden State Water Region 2, which includes the Southwest System territory, uses increasing Ccf blocks: Tier 1 is the first 9 Ccf at $5.215 per Ccf, Tier 2 is the next 12 Ccf at $5.997 per Ccf, and Tier 3 is use over 21 Ccf at $6.897 per Ccf. A 5/8 x 3/4-inch residential meter has a $34.86 monthly readiness-to-serve charge. The bill can also contain authorized temporary balancing-account, CAP, water-conservation, drinking-water-fee, reimbursement, and other CPUC tariff surcharges or surcredits; one Ccf equals 748 gallons.
- Residential cost reference
- Using the 2026 Region 2/Metropolitan District tariff, 5,000 gallons is about 6.68 Ccf and produces approximately $69.70 before applicable surcharges ($34.86 service charge plus Tier 1 usage); 7,000 gallons is about 9.36 Ccf and produces approximately $83.96 before applicable surcharges, with the excess over 9 Ccf entering Tier 2. Golden State Water's Southwest page publishes an approximately $83.07 current bill benchmark for 5/8 x 3/4-inch service at 5,984 gallons/8 Ccf, excluding applicable surcharges; actual bills depend on the current statement and all tariff items.
- Meter reading
- Golden State Water bills from account meter readings and may render monthly or bimonthly residential statements. The reviewed Southwest materials do not publish a local AMI conversion percentage or fixed route day. Customers should use the current bill's previous/current read, service dates, and meter number; MyGSWater provides account history and usage information, while the company should be contacted for the exact meter technology and any leak-alert capability at a particular premise.
- New-account deposit
- Golden State Water Rule 6 establishes credit and Rule 7 governs deposits. The reviewed Southwest pages do not state one universal 2026 startup-deposit amount or a guaranteed credit-check waiver. A deposit can be required based on credit and account circumstances and may be required after delinquency or restoration; the company may require twice the average monthly or bimonthly bill to re-establish credit. Exact amount, refund timing, and whether the deposit can be waived must be confirmed for the premise.
- Activation or transfer fee
- No universal publicly stated 2026 routine activation or account-transfer fee was found for Southwest. Golden State Water's tariff separately governs service connections, meters, deposits, construction, and special services. A physical connection, meter, inspection, or special-service charge is not the same as a normal name transfer and must be quoted for the specific address.
Context, not a score
How documentation coverage compares
This profile
86%
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
Broad public detail found
6 of 7 fields in this section contain provider-specific public detail in dataset August 1, 2026.
Documented
86%
Details not confirmed in the reviewed public material
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
“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 - Southwest System public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System ↗
Federal background on public water-system records and their limitations.