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OVERVIEW OF THE SANTA CLARITA WATER DIVISION

History and Growth of Santa Clarita Water Company

The origins of the Santa Clarita Water Division (SCWD) began when the Bonelli family started a
small water company in 1949 called the Bouquet Canyon Water Company as a public utility
water company regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. When formed, Bouquet
Canyon Water Company had three service connections, 2888 feet of pipe, one well capable of
producing 900 gallons per minute (GPM), and 200,000 gallons of tank storage. The original
service area of Bouquet Canyon Water Company totaled 223 acres and was situated along San
Francisquito Canyon Road (now Seco Canyon Road) at Bouquet Canyon Road. The Bonelli
family started a second water company in 1956 called the Solemint Water Company. The
Solemint Water Company started with 78 service connections, 24,479 feet of pipe, two wells
capable of producing 1,325 GPM and 100,000 gallons of storage. At that time, the Solemint
Water Company service area was several hundred acres mostly in the Canyon Country, Sand
Canyon and Placerita Canyon areas.

In 1973, a merger of Bouquet Canyon Water Company and Solemint Water Company was
approved by the California Public Utilities Commission. In the merger agreement, the name of
the Solemint Water Company was changed to Santa Clarita Water Company (SCWC). At the
time of the merger, SCWC had a combined total of 8,736 service connections, 650,000 feet of
pipe, 19 wells capable of producing 16,000 GPM and 8 million gallons of storage.

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