The current service area encompasses approximately 10 square miles north of the City of Bakersfield in Kern County, at the south end of the San Joaquin Valley, approximately 110 miles north of Los Angeles and 290 miles southwest of San Francisco. The Kern River is the southern boundary. The west boundary generally follows Highway 99 and its frontage road north of the Kern River to Merle Haggard Drive (previously 7th Standard Road) where it turns westerly to follow Merle Haggard Drive 1/8 mile to the Beardsley Canal. It then turns northwesterly and follows the Canal about one mile to the north line of Section 31 T28S, R26E, MDB&M. There it turns easterly and intersects the Kern River Oilfield, then turns southward to return to the Kern River, generally parallel to and easterly of Manor Street. Water is delivered to Chevron, Inc. for domestic use in the Kern River Oil Field. OMWC presently has, within its Service Area boundary, an unincorporated area of approximately 18 square miles. Please see the Service Area Map below.
