UNITED STATESSECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-KCURRENT REPORTPURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
July 9, 2009
Date of Report
(Date of earliest event reported)

SouthWest Water Company(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

Delaware	0-8176	95-1840947
(State or other jurisdiction 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, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(213) 929-1800(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report date)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 5.02     Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(b) Cheryl Clary, Senior Vice President, Finance, and former Chief Financial Officer of the Company, resigned on July 3, 2009.

(e) The Company and Cheryl Clary entered into a Separation Agreement and Release of Claims by which the Company agrees to pay to Clary a severance payment equivalent to one year’s base salary, to be paid during the period July 3, 2009 through July 2, 2010.

SIGNATURES

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 thereunto duly authorized.

		SOUTHWEST WATER COMPANY
		(Registrant)
Date:	July 9, 2009	By:	/s/ William K. Dix
			William K. Dix
			General Counsel and
			Corporate Secretary

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