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California Water Service Group

calwatergroup.com

What Do They Do?

Provides water service to residential customers, businesses, and public users, plus wastewater collection and treatment in some areas.

How Do They Make Money?

Customers pay regulated rates for water and wastewater based on use, service charges, and other approved charges; billing follows service, with payment generally due within 30 days of billing. For system-operation contracts, fees are per service or flat monthly.

FY2025 revenue by product or service revenue
SegmentShareRevenue
Residential
Usage-based

59%
FY2022: 59%
Business
Usage-based

20%
FY2022: 20%
Multiple residential
Usage-based
8.7%
FY2022: 8.4%
Industrial
Usage-based
3.2%
FY2022: 3.5%
Public authorities
Usage-based
5.7%
FY2022: 5.3%
Other
3.5%
FY2022: 3.7%
Contract operating and maintenance revenue
1.4%
FY2022: 1.7%
Other non-regulated revenue
0.5%
FY2022: 0.8%
Non-regulated revenue from contracts with customers
1.9%
FY2022: 2.4%

Who Are Their Customers?

Residential customers, businesses, and public authorities receive water and wastewater service directly from the utilities; municipalities and private companies contract for system operation, maintenance, meter reading, and billing.

Do Revenues Turn Into Profits?

Yes. It kept 13 cents of every revenue dollar as net income in FY2025.

Operating income, FY2025
18% of revenue
▼ −24% vs FY2024 ($225.1M, 25%)
Net income, FY2025
13% of revenue
▼ −33% vs FY2024 ($190.8M, 21%)

How Are They Changing?

Since the FY2025 annual report
Latest quarter: Q2 FY2026, the three months to Jun 30, 2026
Revenue
▲ +9%
vs $256.2M in Q2 FY2025
Net income
▲ +34%
vs $42.2M in Q2 FY2025
Residential share of revenue vs 55.4% in Q2 FY2025
  • May 1, 2026 California regulators approved Cal Water’s rate case The decision authorizes revenue increases of $90.5 million in 2026, $43.2 million in 2027, and $48.9 million in 2028.

Growing. Revenue grew 26% in 4 years, from $765.7M in FY2021 to $963.7M in FY2025, about 6% a year.

Texas water service The older report described Texas Water’s holdings as wastewater utilities; the latest describes its regulated utilities as providing both water and wastewater service.

Revenue over time
Residential Business Multiple residential Industrial Public authorities Other Contract operating and maintenance revenue Other non-regulated revenue Non-regulated revenue from contracts with customers
$1B$500M$0

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