SOUTHWEST WATER CO
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 10.4.5</font></b></p>

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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Loan No.&nbsp;RX0936T3</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROMISSORY NOTE AND SUPPLEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Single Advance Term Loan)</font></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS
PROMISSORY NOTE AND SUPPLEMENT </font></b>(this &#147;Promissory Note and
Supplement&#148;) is entered into as of September&nbsp;12, 2005, between <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">MONARCH UTILITIES I L.P., </font></b>a Texas limited partnership (the &#147;Company&#148;),
and <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">CoBANK, ACB, </font></b>&#160;a federally chartered instrumentality of the
United States (&#147;CoBank&#148;), and supplements that certain Amended and Restated
Master Loan Agreement dated as of September&nbsp;12, 2005, between the Company
and CoBank (as amended or restated from time to time, the &#147;MLA&#148;).</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Term Loan Commitment.</font></b>&#160; On the terms and conditions set forth in the
MLA and this Promissory Note and Supplement, CoBank agrees to make a loan (the &#147;<u>Loan</u>&#148;)
to the Company in a amount up to $20,000,000.00 (the &#147;<u>Commitment</u>&#148;). CoBank&#146;s obligation to make the Loan shall
expire at 12:00 Noon, Company&#146;s local time, on September&nbsp;30, 2005, or such
later date as CoBank may, in its sole discretion, authorize in writing. Under
the Commitment, amounts borrowed and later repaid may not be reborrowed.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Purpose.</font></b>&#160; The purpose of the Commitment is to: (A)&nbsp;refinance
all of the Company&#146;s indebtedness to Southwest Water Company (&#147;<u>Southwest</u>&#148;);
(B)&nbsp;finance capital expenditures; and (C)&nbsp;other corporate purposes.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Availability.</font></b>
Notwithstanding Section&nbsp;2.02 of the MLA, the Loans will be made available: (A)&nbsp;on written request of an
authorized officer of the Company in form and content prescribed by CoBank (the
&#147;<u>Request</u>  <u>for</u>  <u>Loan</u>&#148;); (B)&nbsp;on a date to be agreed upon
by the parties (the &#147;<u>Closing</u>  <u>Date</u>&#148;); (C)&nbsp;in a single
advance; and (D)&nbsp;by wire transfer of immediately available funds to &#147;Republic
Title&#148; (as defined in the MLA), as provided in the &#147;Closing Agreement&#148; (as
defined in the MLA). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial Loan to be made
hereunder shall be made for the purpose of refinancing all of the Company&#146;s
indebtedness to Southwest.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;4</font></b>.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Interest</font></b>. The
Loan will bear interest at a rate per annum to be quoted by CoBank in its sole
discretion on the date the Loan is made. Interest shall be calculated on the
actual number of days the Loan is outstanding on the basis of a year consisting
of 360 days and shall be payable monthly in arrears by the 20<sup>th</sup> day
of the following month.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Loan Origination Fee.</font></b>
In consideration of the Commitment, the Company agrees to pay to CoBank on the
date hereof, a loan origination fee in the amount of $50,000.00.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;7.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Promissory Note.</font></b>&#160; The Company promises to repay the Loan on June&nbsp;30,
2031. Until such date, no principal payments shall be due. In addition to the
above, the Company promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal balance of
the Loan at the times and in accordance with the provisions set forth above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any date on which principal and interest are
due is not a &#147;<u>Business</u>  <u>Day</u>&#148; (as defined in the MLA), then such
payment shall be due and payable on the next Business Day and, during such
period, interest shall continue to accrue on the principal amount thereof.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;8.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Security. </font></b>The Company&#146;s
obligations hereunder and, to the extent related hereto, the MLA shall be
secured as provided in Section&nbsp;2.04 of the MLA.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;9.</font></b>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Prepayment. </font></b>The
Company may, on one Business Day&#146;s prior written notice, prepay the Loan in
whole or in increments of $1,000,000. Any prepayment shall be accompanied by a
payment of accrued interest on the amount prepaid to the date of payment and a
surcharge equal to the present value of the sum of: (1)&nbsp;the difference, if
(a)&nbsp;is larger than (b), between: (a)&nbsp;the rate estimated by CoBank in
accordance with its standard methodology to be its all-in cost to fund the
Loan; minus (b)&nbsp;the rate estimated by CoBank on the date of the prepayment
(in accordance with its then standard methodology) to be its all-in cost to
fund a new loan having a weighted average life equal to the weighted average
life of the balance of the Loan being prepaid; plus (2)&nbsp;an amount equal to
a yield of &#189; of 1% on the amount being prepaid, calculated on a per annum basis
through the final maturity of the Loan. In calculating the surcharge, the
discount rate shall be the rate determined in accordance with (1)(b)&nbsp;above.</p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SECTION&nbsp;10.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Conditions Precedent. </font></b>In
addition to the conditions precedent set forth in Article&nbsp;3 of the MLA,
CoBank&#146;s obligation to make the Loan is subject to the condition precedent that
CoBank shall have received a duly executed original copy of the Request for
Loan.</p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IN
WITNESS WHEREOF,</font></b> the parties have caused this Promissory Note
and Supplement to the MLA to be executed by their duly authorized officers as
of the date shown above.</p>

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  ACB</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MONARCH
  UTILITIES I L.P.</font></b></p>
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