Water Services Division

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Torrance Municipal Water (TMW), a community-owned water utility and a founding member of the Metropolitan Water District (MWD), is dedicated to serving its customers in a cost-effective manner, with a reliable supply of high-quality water, essential to maintaining public health and safety, economic vitality, and community well-being.

The Torrance Municipal Water serves approximately 105,000 residents and business customers covering 78 percent of the City. The Department is responsible for local water supply, the monitoring and maintenance of water quality, planning preventive and maintenance, the operation and repair of the water system, distribution system, and interfacing with the State Health Department and other agencies regarding water quality matters.

  • Delivers over 25,000 acre feet (8.1 billion gallons) of both potable (drinking water) and recycled water
    supplies to residential, business and industrial customers in the City
  • Maintenance and repair of 320 miles of distribution pipelines, 2,700 fire hydrants, 7,500 valves and 26,500 service connections
  • Provides responses to emergencies and water outages on a 7 day 24 hour basis
  • Responsible for conducting approximately 7,500 water quality tests annually as part of a comprehensive water quality program

Paying Your Water Bill

Pay Online Pay by Mail  Pay in Person 

Use UtilityDirect (opens in a new browser window) for customer self-service to:

  • Pay your water bill
  • Set up autopay
  • Set up eBilling

UtilityDirect customer portal

Customer Service Center
(855) 354-5623              

Mail Payments to:
City of Torrance Utilities
P.O. Box 845629
Los Angeles, CA 90084-5629
Local Payment Center:
City of Torrance Finance Department
Cashiering Division
(located in the One-Stop Permit Center)
3031 Torrance Blvd.
Torrance CA 90503 

Low Income Senior or Low Income Permanently Disabled Discount

This application is managed by our Finance Department.

UUT Exemption Application(PDF, 449KB) (PDF)

Map of Water Service Purveyors

Water Service Area (PDF)(PDF, 444KB)

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