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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-18-239724
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	RW
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180806
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180806

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SJW GROUP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000766829
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	WATER SUPPLY [4941]
		IRS NUMBER:				770066628
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		RW
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-224440
		FILM NUMBER:		18995015

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 W. TAYLOR STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4082797800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		110 W. TAYLOR STREET
		CITY:			SAN JOSE
		STATE:			CA
		ZIP:			95110

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SJW CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SJW Group </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">110 West Taylor Street </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">San Jose,
California 95110 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="right">August&nbsp;6, 2018 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>VIA
EDGAR </U></P> <P STYLE="font-size:1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">United States Securities and Exchange Commission </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Division of Corporate Finance </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">100&nbsp;F Street, N.E. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Washington, D.C. 20549 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Re: SJW Group </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Re: </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SJW Group
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Request for withdrawal of Registration Statement on Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">S-4</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Filed April&nbsp;25, 2018 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-224440</FONT> </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Ladies and Gentlemen: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">On behalf of SJW Group,
a Delaware corporation (the &#147;<I>Company</I>&#148;), we hereby request, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;477(b) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;<I>Securities Act</I>&#148;), that the Registration Statement <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on&nbsp;Form&nbsp;S-4,</FONT> together with all exhibits and amendments thereto (File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;333-224440),</FONT> as originally filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;<I>Commission</I>&#148;) on April&nbsp;25, 2018 (the &#147;<I>Registration Statement</I>&#148;), be withdrawn effective immediately. The Registration Statement was filed to register securities to be issued pursuant to an
Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of March&nbsp;14, 2018, by and among the Company, Hydro Sub, Inc., a Connecticut corporation and a direct wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, and Connecticut Water Service, Inc., a Connecticut corporation
(&#147;<I>CTWS</I>&#148;), as amended and restated on May&nbsp;30, 2018 (the &#147;<I>Merger Agreement</I>&#148;). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Merger Agreement
was amended and restated in its entirety on August&nbsp;5, 2018 to revise the combination from a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">stock-for-stock</FONT></FONT> transaction to an
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">all-cash</FONT> acquisition of all outstanding common shares of CTWS by the Company for $70.00 per CTWS common share. The Registration Statement has not been declared effective and none of the Company&#146;s
securities has been sold or exchanged pursuant to the Registration Statement. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Accordingly, we request that the Commission issue an order
granting the withdrawal of the Registration Statement (the &#147;<I>Order</I>&#148;) effective as of the date hereof or at the earliest practicable date hereafter. The Company further requests in accordance with Rule&nbsp;457(p) promulgated under
the Securities Act that all fees paid to the Commission in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement be credited for future use. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Please send copies of the written order granting withdrawal of the Registration Statement to
Leif B. King of&nbsp;Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher&nbsp;&amp; Flom&nbsp;LLP, the Company&#146;s counsel, via email at leif.king@skadden.com or via facsimile at (650) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">470-4570.</FONT> </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; border-bottom:1px solid #000000; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">/s/ Eric W. Thornburg</P></TD></TR>
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