FORM 3UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
Ketcham Geoffrey

(Last)(First)(Middle)
624 SOUTH GRAND AVENUE, SUITE 2900

(Street)
LOS ANGELESCA90017

(City)(State)(Zip)
2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year)
10/01/2008
3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
SOUTHWEST WATER CO [SWWC]
4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
XDirector10% Owner
Officer (give title below)Other (specify below)
5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
XForm filed by One Reporting Person
Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) 2. Amount of Securities Owned (Instr. 4) 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4)4. Conversion or Excercise Price of Derivative Security 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5)
Date ExercisableExpiration DateTitleAmount or Number of Shares
Explanation of Responses:
No securities are beneficially owned

By: Barbara Libutti, Attorney in Fact For: Geoffrey Ketcham09/30/2008
** Signature of Reporting PersonDate
Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly.
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POWER OF ATTORNEY
  

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and 
appoints each of Ken Dix and Barbara Libutti, signing singly, the undersigned's 
true and lawful attorney-in-fact to: 

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's 
capacity as an officer and/or director of SouthWest Water Company, (the 
"Company"), Forms 3, 4, and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the 
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder; 

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned 
which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such 
Form 3, 4, or 5, complete and execute any amendment or amendments 
thereto, and timely file such form with the United States Securities and 
Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and 

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the 
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, 
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being 
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf 
of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form 
and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may 
approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion. 
  
The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and 
authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever 
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights 
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the 
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of 
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such 
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall 
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the 
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the 
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the 
undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the 
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities 
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the 
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, and 5 with respect to the 
undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the 
Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing 
delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact. 
  
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney 
to be executed as of this 23rd day of September, 2008.


/s/ Geoffrey Ketcham
Geoffrey Ketcham
 



 
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