Montebello Land & Water Company
Montebello Land & Water Company service territory in Montebello and adjoining Los Angeles County areas; active CWS PWS CA1910091
Population reference
26,554 people served by active community water system CA1910091 according to California Drinking Water Watch. The registry lists 3,446 residential, 486 commercial, and 16 industrial metered connections. Montebello Land & Water is a shareholder-based mutual water company rather than a City of Montebello department; the City confirms that several separate water purveyors serve different Montebello parcels.
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 (every other month). The April 14, 2026 rules say water bills are mailed every two months, are due and payable upon receipt, and become delinquent after 21 days. The bill is tied to the single person, firm, or corporation responsible for water passing through each meter, and failure to receive the bill does not remove the payment obligation.
- Rate structure
- Shareholder mutual-company metered billing with a fixed stock assessment, meter/readiness-to-serve charges, any multifamily-unit charge, and a commodity charge based on water usage. The current rules identify two pressure/rate zones: the higher-elevation Booster Zone and lower-elevation Lower Pressure Zone, with different commodity rates reflecting pumping energy. The company states that the Board sets current stock, meter, and commodity rates and posts notices to shareholders; the official site labels the latest schedule “Water Rates September 1, 2025,” but the exact table values were not text-exposed for a reliable 2026 transcription.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- Montebello Land & Water Company bills potable water and does not publish a combined sewer/wastewater formula, winter average, sewer cap, or percentage tie-in in the reviewed rules. Sewer service, if separately charged, is administered by the applicable municipal or sanitation provider. The Company's stock, meter, and commodity charges should not be interpreted as including wastewater.
- Meter reading
- The current rules state that meters are read at regular intervals for periodic, opening, closing, and special bills, and bills show the current and previous readings, units, date, and service days. Each property parcel is generally assigned at least one meter, with individual metering required for dwelling units and commercial/industrial businesses; the company places meters inside the curb line in the parkway. The official materials do not identify an AMI/AMR vendor, hourly telemetry, or remote-read schedule, so the documented method is regular route meter reading and bi-monthly billing.
- New-account deposit
- A universal residential startup deposit is not published. The mutual-company rules require a property owner to own at least a fractional share of Company stock or be a lessee of the owner, and applications for new connections, extensions, or pipe/meter changes must include a deposit estimated by the Company; any shortfall remains the applicant's responsibility. Construction-water applications require a deposit of at least $1,000 for a meter plus a $50 setup charge, while new meter/connection work is assessed to the shareholder. Customers must obtain the account-specific deposit and stock requirements from the office.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The current rules specify a $32 stock-transfer fee, payable in advance, when water stock appurtenant to property is transferred to a new owner; the transfer also requires all prior Company bills, assessments, and charges to be paid in full. If the Company discovers an unrecorded property transfer, it mails a notice and gives the new owner 30 days to return the declaration and fee before adding the charge to the account and potentially discontinuing service. A lost stock certificate also costs $32. New connections, meter changes, and construction service carry account-specific deposits, installation costs, overhead, and the documented $50 construction-meter setup fee.
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
- Residential cost reference
“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
- Montebello Land & Water Company public website ↗
Provider-controlled destination used to confirm current customer instructions.
- EPA SDWIS / ECHO lookup (CA1910091) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID CA1910091.