Agency History

The Crestline-Lake Arrowhead Water Agency (CLAWA), a governmental public agency, was created in 1962 by the California State Legislature Act 9099a of the California Water Code to provide supplemental water across the San Bernardino Mountains.

CLAWA’s boundaries span more than 50,000 acres and its revenues come from water sales, connection fees, standby charges, and taxes. CLAWA provides both wholesale and retail treated water from Silverwood Lake across the mountain to Green Valley.

Within this area there are more than twenty water districts and camps depending on wholesale supplemental water from CLAWA, along with approximately 1,200 retail customers within lettered improvement districts, with a direct connection to CLAWA.

Service area and directorial divisions

Map titled Crestline-Lake Arrowhead Water Agency, Boundary and Directorial Divisions. The Agency boundary is outlined across the San Bernardino Mountains from Silverwood Lake in the west to Green Valley in the east, taking in Crestline and Lake Arrowhead, and is divided into five directorial divisions labelled D-1 to D-5. State Routes 138, 18, 189 and 330 are marked. The legend lists the directors: D-1 Gilbert Flores, D-2 Steven Wood, D-3 Roy Watson, D-4 Bruce Risher, D-5 Craig Carpenter.

CLAWA boundary and directorial divisions D-1 to D-5. Map by Albert A. Webb Associates.

Documents

To learn more about Crestline-Lake Arrowhead Water Agency (CLAWA), you can check out our Fact Sheet or our Agency History.

Fact Sheet

A short overview of the Agency.

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Agency History

The history of the Agency in full.

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This project was researched in the spring quarter of 2007; however it may be updated periodically.