Senior Canyon Mutual Water Company

What Senior Canyon Mutual Water Company does

Gorgoza Mutual Water Company is a privately held, mutually owned water utility incorporated in Utah on July 22, 1977, serving the Pinebrook and South Ridge subdivisions in the greater Park City area of Summit County, Utah. The company supplies drinking water to approximately 1,600 connections supporting an estimated population of 5,000 people through a network of 9 wells, 1 naturally flowing spring, storage tanks, pumps, booster pumps, and pressure reducing valves engineered for mountainous terrain exceeding 1,000 feet of elevation change. Emergency interconnections with Summit Water and Mountain Regional Water provide redundant supply for fire flow scenarios. Shareholders elect the board of directors at annual meetings, and there is no parent company, venture capital, or institutional ownership.

The core product is drinking water distribution, supplemented by Water Quality Testing and Reporting (independent lab testing), WaterSmart intelligent metering telemetry for real-time usage monitoring and leak detection, Xpress Billpay online payment processing, a Backflow Protection compliance program, Source Protection programs, Water Conservation planning, and an EPA-mandated Lead Service Line Inventory program. Technology deployment is operational infrastructure monitoring rather than AI-driven systems. Revenue is generated primarily through a monthly base assessment of $85 (since January 2025) covering up to 8,000 gallons, with tiered overage charges mandated by the State of Utah to enforce conservation. Historically, the company also generated approximately $1.5M in cumulative revenue from 2017 through April 2025 selling surplus spring water to Mount Olympus Water; that contract terminated effective January 18, 2026.

Gorgoza's go-to-market is community-led: homes in the service area automatically become shareholder-members, and the company engages customers through WaterSmart notifications, email alerts, the corporate website, and annual shareholder meetings. The named institutional and commercial customers include Park City Day School, Ecker Hill Middle School, Pinebrook Pointe condominiums, Victory at Summit Apartments, and Quarry Village businesses, but the customer base is overwhelmingly distributed residential shareholders. The company has had only two rate increases since 2008 ($55/month rising to $85/month by 2025) and faces an identified $3,000,000 capital reserve requirement by 2030 to fund aging infrastructure, parts of which exceed 40 years in service.

Name

Senior Canyon Mutual Water Company

Legal name

Gorgoza Mutual Water Company

Website

https://gorgozawater.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Gorgoza Mutual Water Company is a mutually owned Utah water utility incorporated in 1977 that supplies drinking water to approximately 1,600 residential, commercial, and institutional connections in the Pinebrook and South Ridge subdivisions of Park City, Summit County, Utah.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Utility Services

NAICS

Water Supply and Irrigation Systems (22131)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Raw Water Conveyance & Transmission (Aqueducts, Mains, Pumping Stations) (EUANAAAB)

Keywords

• Potable water distribution
• Water utility services
• Customer water metering
• Backflow prevention services
• Water quality testing

Headquarters

HQ city

Park City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Monthly Water Assessment: Shareholders pay monthly base assessment for water service. Base rate of $85/month covers up to 8,000 gallons. Usage above 8,000 gallons is charged at escalating tiered rates to encourage conservation.
2. Spring Water Sales: Sale of surplus spring water to external parties (Mount Olympus Water). Revenue generated from approximately 2017 to April 2025 (terminated January 2026), totaling approximately $1.5M which funded infrastructure upgrades.
3. Online Payment Processing Fees: Credit/debit card payments incur 3.5% fee (minimum $3.00), EFT bank transfers $2.00 per transaction. Fees collected by payment processor.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Senior Canyon Mutual Water Company is a mutual shareholder-owned water utility that delivers potable water to residential and commercial customers in the Park City, Utah area. The company operates and maintains local distribution infrastructure, provides customer metering with online account management via the WaterSmart platform, and supports its customers with certified operators, backflow prevention, and water quality reporting.

Product overview

Gorgoza Mutual Water Company operates as a privately owned water utility providing comprehensive water services through a single integrated offering. The core product is drinking water distribution, supported by WaterSmart intelligent metering telemetry for real-time usage monitoring, Xpress Billpay for online payments, Water Quality Testing and Reporting, Backflow Protection compliance, Source Protection programs, Water Conservation planning, and Lead Service Line Inventory management. All services are delivered through the company's infrastructure of wells, tanks, pumps, and distribution networks serving Pinebrook and South Ridge areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Potable Water Distribution Service Delivery of metered potable water to residential and commercial customers within the company's Park City, Utah service area, supported by licensed operation of local water systems.
• WaterSmart Customer Metering and Online Account Service Online customer portal powered by the WaterSmart intelligent metering platform that enables account access, consumption monitoring, and high/low usage alerts to help customers detect leaks.
• Backflow Prevention and Cross-Connection Control Certified backflow assembly testing and prevention program delivered by a backflow specialist to protect the public water system from contamination.
• Water Quality Sampling and Reporting Routine water quality sampling and reporting program to confirm compliance with state and federal drinking water standards.
• Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) Program Lead service line inventory initiative to identify and document customer-side lead service lines in compliance with regulatory requirements.
• Hydrant Flushing and Water Main Cleaning Scheduled flushing of hydrants and cleaning of water mains to maintain water quality, remove sediments, and reduce real water losses in the distribution system.

Quantifiable outcome

• System has maintained water deliveries without rationing (with only one exception) over 45+ years despite drought conditions
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Mount Olympus Water (parent company)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 November 2017Spring water sales contract began late 2017, last deliveries April 2025, terminated effective January 18, 2026 due to ownership change. Generated ~$1.5M revenue for infrastructure upgrades. Purchaser paid all equipment and delivery costs.
• Summit WaterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterconnection established for emergency water flow in unlikely event Gorgoza needs immediate water supply beyond its wells and tank storage capacity, such as wildfire or residential fires.
• Mountain Regional Water CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInterconnection established for emergency water flow supply backup similar to Summit Water arrangement.
• Woodward ResortcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWoodward resort allows Gorgoza to drill and equip wells on their property. These wells provide water from Woodward's separate water rights during winter months at Woodward's expense, with full capacity available to Gorgoza during summer months. Agreement includes drilling a third well.
• Xpress BillpaycoreTechnology or IntegrationThird-party online bill payment platform that processes credit/debit card and EFT payments for Gorgoza water bills. Gorgoza offers this as free service to shareholders.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Essential Utilities: Diversified water/wastewater and natural gas utility (formerly Aqua America). Offers a relevant comparison for regulated water distribution economics, infrastructure replacement accounting, and small-utility acquisition strategy relevant to Gorgoza's profile.
• American Water: Largest publicly-traded US water and wastewater utility. While vastly larger than Gorgoza, it provides a benchmark for asset valuation, regulated rate base economics, and the consolidation thesis for small water utilities.
• California Water Service: Large publicly-traded investor-owned water utility serving ~2M Californians. Provides scaled, public-market comparable for Gorgoza's regulated tariff model, conservation mandate compliance, and infrastructure capex framing.

Direct peers

• Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District: Salt Lake Valley water conservancy district operating source production, treatment, and wholesale distribution. Comparable to Gorgoza in mission and rate-regulated operating model but at much larger scale.
• Mountain Regional Water Company: Neighboring Summit County water utility with overlapping service territory and an established emergency interconnection arrangement with Gorgoza. Operates a similar regulated water distribution model for residential and commercial customers in Park City area.
• Central Utah Water Conservancy District: Large Utah water conservancy district with similar regulatory environment, conservation planning requirements, and infrastructure replacement obligations. Provides scaled peer reference for capital planning and drought response.
• Weber Basin Water Conservancy District: Major Utah wholesale and retail water provider operating under similar conservation-mandated tiered rate structures. Provides a scaled comparable for Gorgoza's regulated, drought-managed water distribution model.
• Summit Water: Partner-utility with established emergency water supply interconnection for fire flow and other catastrophic events. Operates comparable water distribution infrastructure in the broader Summit County / Park City region.

Regional players

• Park City Municipal Water: Municipal water utility serving Park City proper — adjacent to but distinct from Gorgoza's mutual service territory. Comparable offerings (potable water, source protection, conservation programs) but serves a different geographic footprint than Gorgoza.

Others

• Mount Olympus Water: Bottled water company that was the principal purchaser of Gorgoza's surplus spring water from 2017–2025, generating ~$1.5M in capital funding. Closely tied commercially but operates in beverage packaging rather than water utility.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gorgoza-mutual-water-company

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

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