The Cuyamaca Water Company (CWC) is a defunct water company which operated in San Diego County, California between 1910-1926. The origins of the Cuyamaca Water Company can be found in the San Diego Flume Company. The San Diego Flume Company was purchased on June 1, 1910 for 125,000bytheprominentSanDiegopoliticiananddeveloperEdFletcherandabusinessmanfromMontana,JamesA.Murray.TheinitialpurchasetransferredallwaterrightsandpropertiesownedbytheSanDiegoFlumeCompanytothenewlycreatedCuyamacaWaterCompany.CWCwasprincipallyfinancedbyMurray,andmanagedbyFletcher.TheCWCprovidedwatertofarminglandstretchingfromtheSanDiegoCityLimitstotheElCajonvalley.Fletcherrealisedtheimportanceofwatertofarming,andusedhisrealestatebusinesstoincreasetheprofitsofbothcompaniesbyraisingthecostofwaterinareasthatheowned.TheCWCandtheCaliforniaRailwayCommissionhadmanydisputesoverthepricesthattheCWCwantedtochargetheircustomers.WhenthecompanywasboughtalloutstandingcontractswenttotheCWC,andtheCWChadundertakentoupholdthepricesthatwereinplace.However,bythetimethatsaleswerefinalizedthepriceshaddropped.AnappealwasmadetotheRailwayCommissiontoraiseprices,butitwasdeniedbecausetheCWCwasdeclaredapublicutilitybytheRailwayCommission.TheRailwayCommissionthenwantedtheSanDiegoFlumeredoneinconcrete.Fletcherproposedthattheflumeberedoneinaroofingmaterial.Theroofingmaterialwasapprovedanditcost45,000. The material kept the flume running for another 20 years and the efficiency of the flume, helping to greatly increase profits from 1915 to 1923.
After the relining of the flume the CWC built two reservoirs near the downstream terminus of the flume. One was the Grossmont Reservoir which was built in 1913 with a capacity of 30 million gallons, and the other was the Murray Dam which replaced the La Mesa Dam.
In 1914 the CWC began to sell water to the city of San Diego.
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