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  • California · Kern County
  • 2028 cohort · 562 days left

Kern Water Bank Authority: ADA Title II document accessibility deadline and status

Our October 13, 2026 crawl of kwb.org(opens in new tab) found at least 224 public documents, about 2,595 pages. 12 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks.

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documents found
224+
estimated pages
2,595
checked files passed
12 / 50
crawl date
Oct 13, 2026

What our crawl found on kwb.org

Counts from our October 13, 2026 crawl, which visited 398 pages. Our crawler found 224 public documents on kwb.org — an estimated 2,595 pages your team would otherwise inventory by hand.

The crawl stopped at its time limit, so every count here is a minimum: the site has at least this many documents.

Documents by category

  • Agendas & minutes112 · 50%
  • Other64 · 29%
  • Reports43 · 19%
  • Forms3 · 1%
  • Policies2 · <1%

Meeting agendas and minutes dominate this inventory at 50% of all documents. Packets published from the compliance date on have to be accessible, as do older ones residents still use to take part in a meeting or a process; older packets kept only for reference may fall under the rule's exceptions.

By file format

  • PDF 223 · 100%
  • Word (DOCX) 1 · <1%

Checked sample

12 of 50 passed(24%)

  • Passed basic checks: 12
  • Did not pass: 38

The checked files are mixed: some pass the basics and some don't. Fixing the templates you publish from now, while working through older files in batches, usually saves the most time.

The rate covers the 50 files we checked, not all 224 documents. Checks cover tag structure, document language, title, image alt text and form-field labels.

Scanned share

0% scanned

Most of the collection is digital-native text, which keeps remediation at the lighter end: tagging and structure work rather than OCR.

Scanned images need text recognition (OCR) before they can be tagged.

Forms are a small part of this inventory (1%), but each one needs labeled fields and a working tab order before someone using a screen reader can fill it in.

Crawl scope

Crawl date
October 13, 2026
Pages visited
398
Documents in the inventory
224
Files checked
50
Limits hit
time

These are machine checks on a sample, not a compliance finding, and they say nothing about the people who publish Kern Water Bank Authority's documents. The results for the sampled files are public above. The full inventory of every document we found, with detailed per-file reports, is available to verified staff of Kern Water Bank Authority after claiming this page.

Files we checked on kwb.org

Links go to the files on kwb.org as we found them on October 13, 2026.

These are automated checks on a sample of files as published on October 13, 2026. They are not a legal compliance finding and don't cover reading order, alt-text quality or table structure. Something wrong? Ask for a correction or removal.

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The 50 files checked in the sample, with each file's result
FileCategoryResultChecks not passed
01 - KWBA 01 13 2026 - AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
01 - KWBA 05 12 2026 - AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
01 - KWBA 09 08 2026 - AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
02-10-26 KWBA Agenda STPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
03-10-26 KWBA AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
04-14-26 KWBA AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Microsoft Word - 5-14-24 Draft Agenda05 14 2024 - Board Minutes Agenda · PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
07-20-26 KWBA Agenda SpecialPDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
07-23-26 KWBA Agenda Special STPDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
08-11-26 KWBA Agenda STPDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Microsoft Word - 08-12-25 KWB GSA Agenda08-12-25 KWB GSA Agenda · PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Microsoft Word - 09-09-25 KWB GSA Agenda Daft09-09-25 KWB GSA Agenda · PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
Microsoft Word - 09-09-25 KWBA Agenda Draft09-09-25 KWBA Agenda · PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
10-10-23-AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
10-13-26 KWBA Agenda STPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Microsoft Word - 10-12-25 KWB GSA Agenda10-14-25 KWB GSA Agenda · PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
10-14-25 KWBA AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
11-04-25 KWBA AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Microsoft Word - 11-12-24 KWBA Agenda11-12-2024-KWBA-Agenda · PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
11-14-23-AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Microsoft Word - 12-10-24 KWBA Agenda12 10 2024 - KWBA Agenda · PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passTagged structure, Document language
12-09-25 KWBA AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
2-14-23 AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
4-11-23-AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
4-9-24-AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
5-9-23 AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
6-13-23 AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
7-11-23-AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
regular-meeting-april-2019PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
regular-meeting-june-2019PDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
regular-meeting-november-2019PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Revised-1-9-24-AgendaPDF · 3 pagesAgendas & minutesDid not passDocument title
Microsoft Word - 2021 Annual Report draft2021 Annual Report Final reduced · PDF · 671 pagesReportsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Image alt text
2022 Annual Report Final ReducedPDF · 682 pagesReportsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title, Image alt text
Microsoft Word - 2024 Annual Report Draft2024 Annual Report Final with Appendices · PDF · 732 pagesReportsDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Image alt text
Notice-of-Adjourned-Meeting-3-14-23PDF · 3 pagesOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
regular-meeting-jan-2021PDF · 4 pagesOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
regular-meeting-june-notice-2020PDF · 3 pagesOtherDid not passTagged structure, Document language, Document title
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda01 - KWB GSA 01 13 2026 - Agenda · PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda01 - KWB GSA 02 10 2026 - Agenda · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda01 - KWB GSA 05 12 2026 - Agenda · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda01 - KWB GSA 09 08 2026 - Agenda · PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda03-10-26 KWB GSA Agenda · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda04-14-26 KWB GSA Agenda · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda06-09-26 KWB GSA Agenda ST · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda07-14-26 KWB GSA Agenda ST · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda08-11-26 KWB GSA Agenda ST · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda10-13-26 KWB GSA Agenda ST · PDF · 1 pageAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda11-04-25 KWB GSA Agenda · PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Microsoft Word - 02-11-25 KWB GSA Agenda12-09-25 KWB GSA Agenda · PDF · 2 pagesAgendas & minutesPassedNone
Show all 50 files

What each check looks for

Tagged structure
The file has a tag tree, so assistive technology can tell headings, lists and paragraphs apart.
Document language
The file declares its language, so screen readers pronounce it correctly.
Document title
The file has a document title, shown instead of the file name.
Image alt text
Every image in a tagged file carries alternative text, or the file has no untagged images.
Form field labels
Every fillable form field has a label a screen reader can announce.

How we measured this

  1. 1.Crawl

    We start at the organization's website and follow its sitemaps and links on the same site. We respect robots.txt and crawl delays, and skip login areas.

  2. 2.Classify

    Each document is sorted by file format and, from its link text and file name, into a category such as forms or agendas. Page counts are estimated, often without downloading the whole file.

  3. 3.Check a sample

    We open up to 50 PDFs and run basic machine checks: tags, document title, language, image alt text and form-field labels.

  4. 4.Publish only with evidence

    Figures appear only when a crawl finds at least 25 documents and checks at least 20 of them.

Limits of this method

  • We only see public pages we can reach through links or sitemaps. Documents behind logins or on other services may be missed.
  • Crawls stop at page, document and time limits. When one is hit, the counts are minimums.
  • Categories and page counts are estimates from links, file names and file metadata.
  • Machine checks can't judge reading order, alt text quality or table structure. Passing them is not WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.
  • Figures describe the site on the crawl date, not today.

This page's evidence

  • Crawled October 13, 2026: we fetched 398 pages from https://www.kwb.org/ and found 224 documents.
  • The pass rate comes from machine checks on 50 of those documents, not from checking every file.
  • Changelog: October 13, 2026 — inventory refreshed from the latest crawl.
  • How we crawl, classify and check documents

Plan the work before April 26, 2028

562 days is enough time to work through a backlog in stages, if the inventory starts now.

Where Kern Water Bank Authority should start

Start with rate schedules, service applications and water quality reports: the documents customers rely on.

Customers need these files to start service, understand rates and read water quality results.

Usually owned by the general manager, customer service and the board secretary.

A timeline to April 26, 2028

  1. Inventory and triage

    by January 4, 2027

  2. Fix the documents people use most

    by September 14, 2027

  3. Everything in use conforms

    by April 26, 2028

A planning split of the time left, not a legal requirement.

Estimated cost with DocoMatic

$722 – $1,083

≈ 3,610 credits for 2,595 estimated pages

  • 35 form pages at Level 3 (field labeling and tab order)
  • 0 scanned pages (OCR plus Level 2 tagging)
  • 2,560 standard pages at Level 1

This is a directional estimate from crawler statistics, not a quote. Run the remediation cost calculator with your own page counts for a tailored figure.

What DocoMatic does

  • Finds the PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel files on your website and estimates the backlog.
  • Fixes documents at three levels, from basic tagging to complex forms.
  • Checks every fixed file, with veraPDF PDF/UA-1 validation from Level 2 up.
  • Human review: turn it on when you request a fix, or arrange it with our team.
  • Monitors your site so new documents don't rebuild the backlog.

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Compare with similar organizations

Kern Water Bank Authority beside the special districts in California closest to it in population that also have published reports.

OrganizationPopulationDocuments foundEstimated pagesCrawled
Kern Water Bank Authority (this page)—224+2,595October 13, 2026
Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority—1,49220,624October 7, 2026
Alameda County Housing Authority—44712,685October 7, 2026
Alameda County Mosquito Abatement District—269+7,488October 7, 2026
Alameda County Resource Conservation District—951,324October 7, 2026
Alameda County Transportation Commission—2,82552,918October 7, 2026

Each figure comes from that organization’s own crawl; a + marks a crawl that stopped at a limit, so its count is a minimum. The table compares document inventories, not accessibility.

Related organizations

Special districts in California

Also due April 26, 2028 in California

Frequently asked questions

When is Kern Water Bank Authority's ADA Title II deadline?

April 26, 2028. Kern Water Bank Authority is in the 2028 cohort under the Department of Justice's rule on web and mobile accessibility for state and local governments, with compliance dates as set by the Department's interim final rule of April 20, 2026 (91 FR 20902).

How was Kern Water Bank Authority's deadline set?

Kern Water Bank Authority is a special district government, and the Census Bureau calculates no population for one. The rule gives every special district government the later date, whatever the size of the area it serves.

How many public documents does Kern Water Bank Authority have?

Our crawl on October 13, 2026 fetched 398 pages from https://www.kwb.org/ and found at least 224 documents (it stopped at a crawl limit), an estimated 2,595 pages. The full file-level list is available to verified staff after claiming the page.

How many of Kern Water Bank Authority's documents pass accessibility checks?

12 of the 50 files we checked passed basic machine checks (24%). That is a sample of the 224 documents we found, and passing basic checks is not full WCAG 2.1 AA conformance.

How much would it cost to fix Kern Water Bank Authority's documents?

Our directional estimate is $722 to $1,083 with DocoMatic: about 3,610 credits for 2,595 estimated pages, based on this crawl. It is not a quote.

Which documents should Kern Water Bank Authority fix first?

Start with rate schedules, service applications and water quality reports: the documents customers rely on.

Do older PDFs have to be made accessible too?

Not all of them. Documents already posted before the compliance date are excepted unless they are currently used to apply for, gain access to, or participate in the organization's services, programs or activities (28 CFR 35.201(b)). Genuinely archived content is excepted too, but only while it is kept solely for reference, research or recordkeeping, sits in a clearly identified archive area and is not changed. Everything published from the compliance date on is covered, and so is any older file people still use to reach a service.