San Gabriel County Water District
San Gabriel County Water District service area in Rosemead, San Gabriel, Temple City, and adjacent Los Angeles County communities; active CWS PWS CA1910144
Population reference
39,345 people served by active PWS CA1910144 according to California SDWIS, with approximately 8,683 residential and 830 commercial meter records. The District uses active groundwater wells and purchases/interconnections with Alhambra and California American Water San Marino.
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. SGCWD’s SB 998 page states that bills are issued on a bi-monthly basis and bills unpaid after 60 days are subject to shutoff.
- Rate structure
- Bi-monthly fixed meter-capacity charge plus a uniform commodity rate per HCF, with separate pass-through Water Quality Authority, cross-connection, and fire-service charges. Effective January 1, 2026, a 5/8-inch meter capacity charge is $51.49 per bi-monthly bill and the commodity rate is $2.71 per HCF/748 gallons for all customers.
- Residential cost reference
- Approximately $45–$58 per month water-only equivalent for a 5/8-inch residential meter using 5,000–7,000 gallons: the $51.49 bi-monthly capacity charge averages $25.75/month, while 6.68–9.36 HCF at $2.71/HCF adds about $18.10–$25.38/month, before the Water Quality Authority pass-through and any other account charges.
- Wastewater and sewer calculation
- SGCWD is a water district and its published bill explanation identifies water meter charge, water charge, Water Quality Assurance pass-through, and other water-account items; it does not publish a sewer/wastewater calculation. Any sewer charge is likely a separate city or sanitation-agency bill and should not be inferred from SGCWD’s water HCF charge.
- Meter reading
- The District’s bill explanation uses bi-monthly billing periods and HCF units, and its 2021 news page references high-tech meter upgrades. The reviewed current pages do not identify a universal AMI vendor or exact telemetry interval; the defensible description is bi-monthly metered service with upgraded digital/remote-read capability where installed, subject to District confirmation for the individual account.
- New-account deposit
- All customers are required to pay a $250 refundable deposit, collected with the first bill and applied to the final bill when the property is sold; any remaining balance is refunded by check. Commercial and industrial accounts may instead be required to provide twice the average water bill under the District’s owner application terms.
- Activation or transfer fee
- The District’s current public pages do not publish a universal residential transfer fee. New water service can carry a one-time connection fee by meter size, with a 5/8-inch domestic connection listed at $2,665 effective March 1, 2025. Start/stop applications require ownership or tenancy documentation and the $250 deposit.
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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
Coverage measures what this directory documented. It does not measure service quality, affordability, or regulatory compliance.
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
- San Gabriel County Water District 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 (CA1910144) ↗
Search the federal drinking-water database using public water system ID CA1910144.