Lake Alpine Water Company (LAWC)

A privately owned Class D water utility serving Bear Valley, California in Alpine County. LAWC is dedicated to being the best Class D water company in California by providing drinking water of the highest quality and knowledgeable and friendly customer service. Read More →

Recent News and Updates

Disinfection Byproduct Levels above drinking water standards

Posted on July 3, 2017

Our water system did not meet a drinking water standard in the second quarter, April-June of 2017. We monitor on a quarterly basis for the presence of drinking water contaminants including disinfection byproducts. Testing results we received on June 20, 2017 for samples taken on May 31, 2017 showed that the system exceeded the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for Haloacetic Acids (HAA) The MCL standard for HAA is 60 parts per billion. The average level of HAA over the last year was 92.2 parts per billion. For the full notice,

Winter Ice on Bear Lake

Posted on December 5, 2016

A friendly reminder to stay off of Bear Lake! Please do not risk your life or your equipment to the stability of the ice on Bear Lake. With the new aeration system emitting bubbles to the surface, the lake will not completely freeze over. Stay safe and stay off! Thank you!

RLAWC Surcharge for Intervenor Compensation

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The California Public Utilities Commission approved a second intervenor compensation reimbursement to the Ratepayers of Lake Alpine Water Company for their protest of the application of ownership by the Aspen Forest Investment Company, LLC. There will be a surcharge on monthly invoices for January - April of 2017. For the detailed customer notice, please click here.

Revised SDW Surcharges

Posted on November 4, 2016

This customer notice was recently mailed with your November invoice. It has information about the revised SDW surcharges we collect for the Safe Drinking Water loan repayment fund. Thank you!