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Santa Clarita Water Division

In 1999, the Castaic Lake Water Agency purchased SCWC, and the name was changed to the
Santa Clarita Water Division (SCWD) of Castaic Lake Water Agency. The service area at the
time of acquisition included about 20,000 service connections, 12 groundwater production wells
and 39 storage tanks.

Today, SCWD is a retail water purveyor operating a service area that includes a portion of the
City of Santa Clarita and unincorporated portions of Los Angeles County in the communities of
Saugus, Canyon Country and West Newhall. SCWD supplies potable water from imported
water purchased from CLWA, accounting for approximately 55-65% of supply, and groundwater
wells, accounting for approximately 35-45% of supply, to approximately 28,550 active service
connections. Existing land use within the retail service area is primarily residential consisting of
approximately 93% of retail customers and 7% for commercial, industrial and other users
including public authorities, irrigation, government, institutional, and fire services.

SCWD’s staff operates and maintains a distribution system consisting of approximately 300
miles of pipeline, 24 booster stations, 14 active groundwater wells, 5 hydro-pneumatic systems
(pressurized system or closed system), 26 pressure reducing stations operating 17 sub-
pressure zones and 47 active storage tanks. This infrastructure is organized into 16 pressure
zones and 17 sub-pressure zones.

Mission Statement

Santa Clarita Water Division’s mission is:

“To Provide Reliable, Quality Water at a Reasonable Cost to our customers.”

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