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                                                                   EXHIBIT 3.3.2



          CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF
                INCORPORATION OF AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY,
                             DATED AUGUST 25, 1999



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                            CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
                                       OF
                 AMENDED AND RESTATED ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
                                       OF
                          AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY
                           (A CALIFORNIA CORPORATION)


      Floyd E. Wicks and McClellan Harris III certify that:

      1.    They are the duly elected and acting President and Secretary,
respectively of American States Water Company (the "Corporation").

      2.    The Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Corporation shall be amended by striking in its entirety the first full
paragraph of Article IV of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation
which now reads:

            "This Corporation is authorized to issue three
            classes of stock to be designated, respectively,
            "New Preferred Shares", "Preferred Shares", and
            "Common Shares". The total number of shares
            which this Corporation is authorized to issue is
            30,231,600; 150,000 shares are to be New
            Preferred Shares with no par value and a stated
            value of $100 per share and an aggregate stated
            value of $15,000,000; 81,600 shares are to be
            Preferred Shares with a par value of $25 per
            share and an aggregate par value of $2,040,000;
            and 30,000,000 shares are to be Common Shares
            with no par value and a stated value of $2.50
            per share and an aggregate par value of
            $75,000,000."


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and substituting therefore the following paragraph to read in full as follows:

            "This Corporation is authorized to issue three
            classes of stock to be designated, respectively,
            "New Preferred Shares", "Preferred Shares", and
            "Common Shares". The total number of shares
            which this Corporation is authorized to issue is
            30,230,000; 150,000 shares are to be New
            Preferred Shares with no par value and a stated
            value of $100 per share and an aggregate stated
            value of $15,000,000; 80,000 shares are to be
            Preferred Shares with a par value of $25 per
            share and an aggregate par value of $2,000,000;
            and 30,000,000 shares are to be Common Shares
            with no par value and a stated value of $2.50
            per share and an aggregate par value of
            $75,000,000."

      3.    The Restated Articles of Incorporation of the Corporation shall be
further amended by striking in its entirety paragraph (ii) of Paragraph 15 of
Article IV of the Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation which now
reads:

            "(ii) Number of Shares. The authorized number of
            shares constituting said Preferred Shares, 5%
            Series, shall be 17,600."

and substituting therefore the following paragraph to read in full as follows:

            "(ii) Number of Shares. The authorized number of
            shares constituting said Preferred Shares, 5%
            Series, shall be 16,000."


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      4.    The foregoing amendments set forth in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this
Certificate are each amendments that may be adopted by the Board of Directors
alone (and which were so adopted) because the amendments are required by Section
510 of the California General Corporation Law to reflect the reacquisition of a
portion of the Corporation's Preferred Shares, 5% Series, $25 par value, in
accordance with the sinking fund provisions thereof. Such reacquired Preferred
Shares cannot be reissued.

      5.    The foregoing amendments have been duly approved by the Board of
Directors as required by Section 905(b) of the California General Corporation
Law.

      We further declare, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State
of California, that the matters set forth in this Certificate of Amendment are
true and correct.

      IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Certificate in San
Dimas, California on this 11th day of August, 1999.



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                                               FLOYD E. WICKS,  President


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                                            McCLELLAN HARRIS III,  Secretary


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August 10, 1999

Office of the Secretary of State
State of California
Attn: Certification Unit
1500 - 11th Street
Sacramento, CA  95814

Ladies and Gentlemen:

RE:   American States Water Company
      Corporate No. 137226

Please find enclosed herewith for filing two (2) originals of a Certificate of
Amendment of Restated Articles of Incorporation of American States Water
Company, a California Corporation. One original should be filed with your office
and the other is to be date stamped and returned to me in the enclosed
self-addressed, prepaid envelope.

In addition, please find the Corporation's check for $30.00, which represents
the filing fee.

Any questions regarding this matter should be directed to the undersigned person
at (909) 394-3600, extension 705.

Sincerely,




McClellan Harris III
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President - Finance,
Treasurer and Corporate Secretary

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