The Kennebec Water District (KWD) was founded in 1899. KWD is a quasi-municipal corporation providing potable water to the communities of Waterville, Winslow, Fairfield, Benton, and Vassalboro. KWD also wholesales water to the Maine Water Company, Oakland Maine Division. KWD uses China Lake as its sole source of supply. 

An elected board of ten trustees governs KWD. The total organizational structure consists of 28 employees. KWD supplies more than three million gallons of potable water each day to more than 9,000 customers through a network of more than 150 miles of distribution piping. 

Water supplied by KWD meets the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) as enforced by the Environmental Protection Agency and the State of Maine Drinking Water Program.  As a public utility, KWD must meet the financial regulatory requirements of the Maine Public Utilities Commission.