Municipal Department
City of Manteca Finance Department – Utility Services / Municipal Water and Sewer
Serving City of Manteca
Population served
84,928 people for active PWS CA3910005 in California Drinking Water Watch, with approximately 23,000 water connections reported by the City’s Utility Services page.
State system code
FIPS 06
Billing frequency
Monthly. The bill covers prior-month use, is processed around the 15th, and is due on the 15th of the following month; the grace period extends through the last working day of the month.
Provider briefing
How this utility’s billing works
City of Manteca Finance Department – Utility Services / Municipal Water and Sewer operates as a municipal department serving City of Manteca. Customers should use the provider’s current account-specific bill and official customer-service instructions as the final authority for deadlines, balances, and service requests.
The published water-rate framework is described as Metered municipal water service with fixed and volume components; the City’s 2024 Water Rate Study and June 2026 engineering page describe proposed monthly water-rate updates based on cost of service. The current public pages do not render a complete 2026 residential meter-size and volumetric dollar table, so the exact active tier values are not publicly stated. Manteca’s supply is mostly surface water purchased from SSJID with City groundwater wells supplementing it.. Bills are generated monthly. the bill covers prior-month use, is processed around the 15th, and is due on the 15th of the following month; the grace period extends through the last working day of the month., and a typical residential cost reference is A dedicated this detail was not publicly posted. The current Manteca public pages expose the 2024 Water Rate Study and 2026 rate-update process but not a complete current residential dollar schedule for a 5,000–7,000-gallon household. The FY2025–26 single-family sewer rate is documented separately at $58.60 per unit; customers should call Finance at (209) 456-8730 for the applicable current water meter rate and full combined bill estimate.. These descriptions are useful planning benchmarks; actual charges can change with meter size, usage, sewer averaging, local taxes, drought stages, or account-specific fees.
Wastewater and sewer calculation
Manteca’s FY2025–26 sewer study lists a single-family residential sewer charge of $58.60 per unit, multi-family residential $41.70 per unit, and mobile-home $37.20 per unit. Commercial classes are flow/strength based, including low-, mid-, and high-strength rates per 1,000 cubic feet. The accessible public summary does not state a winter-average calculation or a flat percentage tie-in for single-family clean-water intake.
Meter and infrastructure notes
Manteca’s free online account access displays billing, meter reading, and usage history, and the City states that the meter is read within one business day of a requested service closing. The public pages do not identify the residential meter hardware vendor or AMR/AMI technology, and do not publish the ordinary monthly route schedule; the verified billing cadence is monthly.
Emergency water support
Report a leak or water emergency
(209) 456-8400 for Public Works water information and water-system service requests; the Finance Department at (209) 456-8730 handles billing and account matters. The accessible current Manteca utility pages do not publish a separate 24/7 water-main-break hotline; after-hours operational instructions should be confirmed with Public Works.
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A practical reference for City of Manteca
City of Manteca Finance Department – Utility Services / Municipal Water and Sewer is listed here as a municipal department. The profile separates account actions—such as paying a bill or requesting service—from explanatory material about rates, meters, wastewater, leaks, and delinquency.
Because utility rules can vary by account class, meter size, service address, billing date, and local ordinance, treat the published bill and current provider website as the final authority. Use this profile to locate the correct channel and prepare better questions for customer service.
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