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Visionary Christopher T. Chenery, nationally known civil engineer Thomas Hollis Wiggin, and investment banker George Lewis Ohrstrom, all World War I veterans, establish California Water Service Company (Cal Water). Cal…

As the “Roaring Twenties” see dramatic growth in industry and technology, Cal Water expands by forming five new California water districts: Dixon, Livermore, Oroville, Stockton, and Willows.

Cal Water expands in Southern California with service to East Los Angeles.

Cal Water’s East Los Angeles District Manager, 29-year-old Fred Dodge, happens to be in New York for training and tours the New York Stock Exchange on Black Thursday, witnessing the…