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1950

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Cal Water creates pension and welfare plans for all employees.

1952

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Two earthquakes hit our Bakersfield community in one summer, with property damage in Southern California estimated at $100 million. Cal Water maintains uninterrupted service throughout both emergencies and is officially…

1954

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1954 marks the end of a nine-year post-war period in which the size of the company and the number of customers served almost doubles.

1955

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California experiences one of the worst storms in its history, hitting Cal Water’s communities especially hard and forcing the entire city of Marysville to evacuate. We maintain nearly uninterrupted service,…

1956

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Fred Dodge, the East Los Angeles District Manager who witnessed the crash of the stock market 27 years earlier, is elected President of Cal Water. Fred is shown below in…