The Lamont Public Utility District is located in the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley within Kern County, California. The District is approximately 10 miles south/southeast of the City of Bakersfield. It consists of a single service area providing drinking water and water waste treatement services to approximately 18,000 residents and businesses.
The District’s service area, comprising approximately 2400 acres generally extends approximately one-half mile to East and West of Weedpatch Hwy (State Route 184, known locally as the Main Street). The District extends south to approximately Bear Mountain Blvd and North to Panama Lane. This service area encompasses the unincorporated communities of Lamont and Weedpatch, along with some developed lands in the immediate vicinity.
The Wastewater Treatment Plant ("WWTP") is located northwest and southwest of the intersection of East Bear Mountain Boulevard (State Route 223) and Weedpatch Hwy (State Route 184), encompassing approximately 640 acres.
Website Accesibilty Policy Lamont Public Utility District
Lamont Public Utility District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and
channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Lamont Public Utility District
has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and
commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and
other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome
feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.
If you need any special assistance or accommodations
Lamont Public Utility District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations.
The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best
practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.
Compliance Procedures and Reports
In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards,
Lamont Public Utility District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely
changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found. In our ongoing commitment to transparency, we make the
last three months' reports available to the public.
Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do
not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our
agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties,
we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.
