Sewer lateral responsibility in Kern County
Kern County has 11 incorporated cities, and BelowGrid has published an answer for 7 of them. Each city sets its own rule, so there is no single county-wide answer.
Cities with a published answer
Where each city puts the point at which the pipe stops being the owner’s, from that city’s own page:
Other cities in this county
BelowGrid has not published an answer for these yet. That says nothing about what each city requires.
- Maricopa
- McFarland
- Ridgecrest
- Shafter
Outside the cities
- Land in Kern County outside any city is not covered by these answers. It is served by the county or by a special district, depending on where it is, and BelowGrid has not published which.