Here you will find information regarding the City’s water rates and billing resources. For questions regarding your water bill you may contact Martha Harris at 310-325- 7110, x139 or via email at m.harris@lomitacity.com.

The City Council adopted five year water rates effective March of 2014. The cost of purchasing water from imported sources (Metropolitan Water District of Southern California via West Basin) continues to rise significantly each year. The City continues to produce groundwater at the Cypress Water Production Facility (CWPF) which has enabled the City to reduce the amount of imported water we must purchase to meet the city needs. The CWPF continues to use this local groundwater which we are able to blend with imported water.

This has resulted in significant cost savings for the City and its water customers.

Water Quality Report Information

(Lomita Water System)

The City’s Annual Water Quality Report will be available by July 1 of each year.

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Water Rate Reference Documents

Application Forms

Applications to start and stop water service can be accessed by clicking the links below:

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Water Rate Information

The Lomita City Council held a public hearing on October 18, 2022 and approved a new 5-year rate structure for its water service.

The mission of the City’s water system is to continue to provide reliable, high quality and cost effective water service to its current and future customers.

  • The cost to purchase imported water from West Basin Municipal Water District continues to rise.
  • CIP funding is needed to rehabilitate/replace water meters, fire hydrants, mains and associated facilities.
  • While Operation & Maintenance (O & M) costs continue to creep higher, the City’s ability to pump a portion of its own water from its city well (Well No. 5) have offset what would have been significantly higher increases if the City were 100% reliant on imported water from West Basin Municipal Water District.

The current water master plan includes recommendations for improvements to the operation and maintenance (O & M) program, capital improvement program (CIP) and development of a financing mechanism to implement the improvements.

State law allows for the collection of additional revenues to cover the cost of providing water service subject to noticing and a majority protest hearing (commonly referred to as a Proposition 218 hearing). Costs included in the rates are electricity, equipment, personnel, supplies, etc. Without a rate increase, the City’s Water Fund will eventually run a deficit balance. The proposed rates will allow the City’s water utility to continue operation while providing essential services to its ratepayers. The proposed rates are proportional to the cost of providing the service and revenues from the rates do not exceed the City’s costs, as set forth in the City’s Final Report – Water Rate Analysis, available by at the link above or in the Lomita City Clerk’s office at 24300 Narbonne Avenue, Lomita, CA 90717.

The rate structure approved in October 2022 is implemented over a five-year period beginning in January 2023 with the final rate increase occurring on July 1, 2027. The tables below display the increases in the bi-monthly meter charge (by meter size and use) and commodity rates per Hundred Cubic Foot (HCF) for Residential and Non-Residential customers over the five-year period:

Typical Single Family Residential Water User (Bi-Monthly Bill)

Meter Charge (3/4″)

Commodity Charge* (20 HCF)

Total – Bi-Monthly Bill

FY 20-21

$50.31

 + $95.80 =

$146.11

* Typical user at 20 HCF consumption for the two month period.

Notice of Public Hearing on February 11, 2015 regarding water rate increases.

If you have questions, please contact the Public Works Department at (310) 325-7110.