EXHIBIT 14-A                                    
                                             
California-American Water Company Water Distribution System                            
  Quarterly Water Supply Strategy and Budget: April - June 2004                              
                                   
  Proposed Production Values by Source in Acre-Feet                              
  Assuming near Normal Inflow Conditions                              
                                     
  SOURCE MONTH   YEAR TO DATE                              
    Apr-04 May-04 Jun-04   Oct-03 - Feb-04 Percent                              
                                             
  San Clemente Reservoir 0 0 0   0 0.0%                              
                                       
  Carmel Valley Aquifer                                    
     Upper 89 92 30   115 2.2%                              
     Lower 1,252 972 947   3,859 74.7%                              
                                       
  Seaside Ground Water Basin                                    
  Coastal Subareas 0 341 550   1,189 23.0%                              
                                       
      Subtotals:                                    
         -- Production 1,209 1,405 1,527   5,082                                
         -- Seaside Injection 133 0 0   81                                
  Total 1,342 1,405 1,527   5,163 100.0%                              
                                             
                                 
Notes:
1.  The budget reflects "near normal" inflow conditions and assumes that the monthly inflows at the San Clemente Dam site during the April-June 2004 period will equal the 78%
of the median inflow, based on the 1902-1996 simulated period of record.
2.  The annual budget period corresponds to the Water Year, which begins on October 1 and ends on September 30 of the following year.
3.  Anticipated annual production is based on Cal-Am producing a maximum of 15,285 acre-feet (AF) from its sources in the Carmel Valley and Seaside areas.  Specifically, this maximum includes no more than 11,285 AF from the Carmel River Basin and no more than 4,000 AF from the coastal subareas of the Seaside Ground Water Basin.  Monthly production estimates were calculated by multiplying the maximum annual production by the average percentage of annual production that is expected to occur each month, based on monthly production data from Water Years 1988-1997.
4. Anticipated production for "Seaside Injection" is based on an average diversion rate of approximately 1,000 gallons per minute (gpm) or 4.4 AF per day from Cal-Am's sources in the Carmel River Basin. "Total" monthly Cal-Am includes water for customer needs and water for injection into the Seaside Ground Water Basin.
5.  No surface water diversions from San Clemente Reservoir are assumed for this period based on concerns regarding water quality (elevated turbidity) and water levels in the reservoir due to the San Clemente Reservoir Drawdown Project.
6.  In May 2004, anticipated production from Seaside Basin includes 19 days of pumping from wells in the Paso Robles formation and 12 days of pumping from wells in the Paso Robles and Santa Margarita formations.
 
                               
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                 
                                             
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