Suburban Water Systems’ Plant 109 is a critical water pumping and storage facility that meets the drinking, domestic, irrigation, and firefighting needs of customers in the City of West Covina. Plant 109 has two steel water tanks that were constructed in 1951. The tanks have a paint and a coating […]
Read More...Plant 236 Generator Project
Suburban Water Systems (SWS) Plant 236 is a critical water pumping station that serves residents in the Friendly Hills neighborhood in the City of Whittier. It lifts water for drinking, domestic, irrigation, and firefighting needs at higher elevations. Plant 236 uses electricity from Southern California Edison (SCE) to power booster […]
Read More...Willow Channel Crossing Pipeline Replacement
Suburban installed a new 12-inch diameter steel pipe on the bridge crossing the Walnut Creek Channel at Willow Avenue to replace a leaking waterline that was abandoned in 2014. The existing pipe could not be repaired because it is located beneath the existing concrete flood control channel. The northwest corner […]
Read More...Whittier Narrows Recreational Park Clean Up
Suburban Water Systems is a proud community partner and enjoys volunteering throughout our service area. Special shout out to our Engineering team for planning a team park clean up at Whittier Narrows Recreational Park. We filled 5 big bags of trash thrilled to give community members a clean space to […]
Read More...Los Angeles Food Distribution
Suburban Water Systems is more than a water utility, we are a community partner committed to equity. We were proud to partner with Supervisor Hilda Solis and team, Union Avenue Cesar Chavez Community Garden Cultiva LA, County of Los Angeles Department of Parks & Recreation, and other community partners to offer our Suburban customers 300 […]
Read More...Murphy Ranch Park Clean Up
We hope Whittier residents enjoy your clean trailway at Murphy Ranch Park courtesy of our field construction team. We are a proud community partner here to serve.
Read More...Rimgrove Park Clean Up & Food Distribution
Proud to highlight that within a two-mile radius yesterday, Suburban Water Systems picked up trash at Rimgrove Park, gave out 315 food boxes to our LIRA (low income rate assistance) customers in partnership with Shepherd’s Pantry, and reinvested in a new pipeline procuring services from a local certified diverse vendor, […]
Read More...La Puente Drive-Thru Food Distribution
Suburban was proud to hand out 500 food boxes to our WISH customers yesterday. We are grateful to partner with La Puente Outreach Center Food Pantry who has been hosting food distributions for the past 20 years. Suburban’s donation helped them acquire coolers to support their mission of serving fresh produce […]
Read More...Breast Cancer Awareness Donation
Nov. 22, 2021- Suburban Water Systems teamed up with Relay for Life La Mirada/Whittier in October to identify a breast cancer patient/fighter/survivor for our annual October employee donation. We were thrilled to donate to Suburban customer Pilar Lujan from La Mirada. Pilar has been battling breast cancer for 5+ years, […]
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