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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): January 26, 2009
SouthWest Water Company
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
Delaware 0-8176 95-1840947
(State of Incorporation) (Commission File Number) (I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
One Wilshire Building
624 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2900
Los Angeles, CA 90017-3782
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(213) 929-1800
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
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(Former name, former address and former fiscal year,
if changed since last report date)
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ITEM 5.02 DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;
APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS
(d) On January 26, 2009, Geoffrey C. Ketcham resigned from the Company's
Board of Directors. Mr. Ketcham, who recently joined the board on
October 1, 2008, resigned for personal reasons.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned hereto duly authorized.
SOUTHWEST WATER COMPANY
(Registrant)
By: /s/ Cheryl L. Clary
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Name: Cheryl L. Clary
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Date: January 28, 2009
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