Company Description:

Located forty-five minutes southwest of Seattle, the Lakewood Water District serves a population of nearly 64,000 across approximately 19 square miles in Lakewood, Washington. Lakewood is located in the South Puget Sound area of Pierce County, in western Washington State, between the Sound and Cascade Mountains. Pierce County is home to more than 800,000 residents and 23 unique communities, Lakewood among them.

Formed in 1943, Lakewood Water District is a special-purpose district that is governed under Title 57 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW). The District is governed by a three-member Board of Commissioners elected to six-year terms and supported by 35 full-time employees across eight departments. The District’s General Manager provides direct supervision to six senior managers in the areas of Customer Service, Engineering, Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, and Operations & Maintenance. Lakewood Water District has an annual budget of $26.5 million, with a five-year capital improvement program over $82 million.

The District is a regional water provider with a retail service area of approximately 26 square miles, serving nearly 64,000 residents in Lakewood, Washington. District boundaries are the area south of the city of Tacoma, east of the town of Steilacoom, and west of Joint Base Lewis McChord. We currently own and operate almost 17,000
service connections, 280 miles of water main, 12 tanks and reservoirs, 33 wells, and seven water treatment facilities. The District is also a wholesale water provider to over 85,000 additional customers, supplying water to the Town of Steilacoom, Summit Water & Supply Company, Spanaway Water Company, Washington Water Service, and Firgrove Mutual Water Company.