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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Registration No.&nbsp;333-
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM S-8</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT<BR>
UNDER<BR>
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>American States Water Company</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">95-4676679</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">630 East Foothill Boulevard<BR>
San Dimas, California, 91773<BR>
(909)&nbsp;394-3600<BR>
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>American States Water Company 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended)</B></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(Full title of the plans)</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">___________________</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Robert J. Sprowls<BR>
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer<BR>
American States Water Company<BR>
630 East Foothill Boulevard<BR>
San Dimas, California 91773<BR>
(Name and address of agent for service)<BR>
___________________</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (909)&nbsp;394-3600</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">___________________</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE</DIV>

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                    <TD style="border-top: 2px solid #000000"><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Common Shares,
no par value,</DIV></TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$35.64</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 2px solid #000000">$10,692,000</TD>
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    <TD>The Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of Common Shares stated above, options and other rights
to purchase or acquire the shares of Common Shares covered by the Prospectus and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;Securities Act&#148;), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and
rights which by reason of certain events specified in the American States Water Company 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (as
amended) the (&#147;Plan&#148;) may become subject to the Plan.</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>Each share is accompanied by a Junior Preferred Share Purchase Right pursuant to the Registrant&#146;s Amended and
Restated Rights Agreement dated January&nbsp;25, 1999 with Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. as rights agent.</TD>
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    <TD>Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were
calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares on March&nbsp;15, 2006, as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange composite tape and published on WSJ.com.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;American States Water Company filed with the Commission on a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 relating to the Plan and the 2003 Non-Employee Directors Plan, as amended (Registration No.
333-10895), the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following exhibits are furnished with this Registration Statement:
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">3.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Form
10-K/A for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003)</TD>
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November&nbsp;2, 1998)</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Rights Agreement dated August&nbsp;3, 1998 between the
Company and Mellon Shareholder Services L.L.C.
(incorporated by reference to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;8-A
filed August&nbsp;20, 1998)</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">4.1
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">American States Water Company 2000 Stock Incentive Plan,
as amended January&nbsp;31, 2006 (incorporated by reference
to the Company&#146;s Form&nbsp;10-K filed March&nbsp;15, 2006)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Consent of O&#146;Melveny &#038; Myers LLP (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5)</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">Power of Attorney (included in this Registration
Statement under &#147;Signatures&#148;)</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURES</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Dimas, State of California, on the <B>15</B><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>th</B></SUP>
day of March, 2006.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left">AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY,<BR>
a California corporation<BR>
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ FLOYD E. WICKS
&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Floyd E. Wicks&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">President&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>POWER OF ATTORNEY</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Floyd E. Wicks and Robert
J. Sprowls, and each of them individually, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ FLOYD E. WICKS
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Floyd E. Wicks</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director, President and <BR>Chief
Executive Officer<BR>
(Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 15, 2006</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Title</B></TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>Date</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ ROBERT J. SPROWLS
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert J. Sprowls</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
Corporate Secretary and
Treasurer <BR>(Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 15, 2006</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ JAMES L. ANDERSON
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
James L. Anderson</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 15, 2006</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ N.P. DODGE, JR.
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
N.P. Dodge, Jr.</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 15, 2006</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="padding-top: 1em">
    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ ANNE M. HOLLOWAY
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Anne M. Holloway</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 15, 2006</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ ROBERT F. KATHOL
<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
Robert F. Kathol</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">
Director
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">March 15, 2006</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">/s/ LLOYD E. ROSS
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Lloyd E. Ross</TD>
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Director
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Registration No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
American States Water Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
California
95-4676679
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
630 East Foothill Boulevard
San Dimas, California, 91773
(909) 394-3600
(Address and telephone number of principal executive offices)
American States Water Company 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (as amended)
(Full title of the plans)
___________________
Robert J. Sprowls
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Corporate Secretary and Treasurer
American States Water Company
630 East Foothill Boulevard
San Dimas, California 91773
(Name and address of agent for service)
___________________
Telephone number, including area code, of agent for service: (909) 394-3600
___________________
CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE
Title of
Amount
Proposed maximum
Proposed maximum
Amount of
securities
to be
offering price per
aggregate offering
Registration
to be registered
registered(1)(2)
unit(3)
price(3)
fee(3)
Common Shares,
no par value,
300,000
$35.64
$10,692,000
$1,144.05
(1)
The Registration Statement covers, in addition to the number of Common Shares stated above, options and other rights
to purchase or acquire the shares of Common Shares covered by the Prospectus and, pursuant to Rule 416(c) under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), an additional indeterminate number of shares, options and
rights which by reason of certain events specified in the American States Water Company 2000 Stock Incentive Plan (as
amended) the ("Plan") may become subject to the Plan.
(2)
Each share is accompanied by a Junior Preferred Share Purchase Right pursuant to the Registrant's Amended and
Restated Rights Agreement dated January 25, 1999 with Mellon Shareholder Services, L.L.C. as rights agent.
(3)
Pursuant to Rule 457(h), the maximum offering price, per share and in the aggregate, and the registration fee were
calculated based upon the average of the high and low prices of the Common Shares on March 15, 2006, as reported on the
New York Stock Exchange composite tape and published on WSJ.com.
American States Water Company filed with the Commission on a Registration Statement on Form
S-8 relating to the Plan and the 2003 Non-Employee Directors Plan, as amended (Registration No.
333-10895), the contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
The following exhibits are furnished with this Registration Statement:
Exhibit
Number
Exhibit
3.1
Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation of the
Company, as amended (incorporated by reference to Form
10-K/A for the year ended December 31, 2003)
3.2
Bylaws (incorporated by reference to Form 8-K filed on
November 2, 1998)
3.3
Rights Agreement dated August 3, 1998 between the
Company and Mellon Shareholder Services L.L.C.
(incorporated by reference to the Company's Form 8-A
filed August 20, 1998)
4.1
American States Water Company 2000 Stock Incentive Plan,
as amended January 31, 2006 (incorporated by reference
to the Company's Form 10-K filed March 15, 2006)
5
Opinion of O'Melveny & Myers LLP (opinion re legality)
23.1
Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
23.2
Consent of O'Melveny & Myers LLP (included in Exhibit 5)
24
Power of Attorney (included in this Registration
Statement under "Signatures")
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it
has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form S-8 and
has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized, in the City of San Dimas, State of California, on the
15
th
day of March, 2006.
AMERICAN STATES WATER COMPANY,
a California corporation
By:
/s/ FLOYD E. WICKS
Floyd E. Wicks
President
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Each person whose signature appears below constitutes and appoints Floyd E. Wicks and Robert
J. Sprowls, and each of them individually, his/her true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents,
with full powers of substitution and resubstitution, for him/her and in his/her name, place and
stead, in any and all capacities, to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and
other documents in connection therewith, with the Commission, granting unto said attorneys-in-fact
and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite and
necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he/she
might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact and
agents or his/her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has
been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ FLOYD E. WICKS
Floyd E. Wicks
Director, President and
Chief
Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
March 15, 2006
Signature
Title
Date
/s/ ROBERT J. SPROWLS
Robert J. Sprowls
Senior Vice President,
Chief Financial Officer,
Corporate Secretary and
Treasurer
(Principal
Financial and Accounting
Officer)
March 15, 2006
/s/ JAMES L. ANDERSON
James L. Anderson
Director
March 15, 2006
/s/ N.P. DODGE, JR.
N.P. Dodge, Jr.
Director
March 15, 2006
/s/ ANNE M. HOLLOWAY
Anne M. Holloway
Director
March 15, 2006
/s/ ROBERT F. KATHOL
Robert F. Kathol
Director
March 15, 2006
/s/ LLOYD E. ROSS
Lloyd E. Ross
Director
March 15, 2006
EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
Number
Description of Exhibit
5
Opinion of O'Melveny & Myers LLP (opinion re legality).
23.1
Consent of PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP.
23.2
Consent of Counsel (included in Exhibit 5).
24
Power of Attorney (included in this Registration Statement under "Signatures").