CITY OF MERCED
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ON 2025 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN And WATER SHORTAGE CONTINGENCY PLAN
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF the Urban Water Management Plan Act, the City of Merced (City) has prepared its 2025 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) and 2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan (WSCP). The 2025 UWMP is a planning document which reports and evaluates water deliveries and uses, water supply sources, and conservation efforts. The 2025 WSCP provides a plan for response to various water supply shortage conditions.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held by the City Council on Monday, June 15, 2026, at 6:00 PM, or as soon thereafter as may be heard, in the City Council Chambers to consider the approval of:
2025 Urban Water Management Plan
&
2025 Water Shortage Contingency Plan
All interested people are invited to attend the meeting. The 2025 UWMP draft and 2025 WSCP draft will be available for public review beginning May 20, 2026. Copies of the 2025 UWMP draft and 2025 WSCP draft will be available on the City’s website at:
https://www.cityofmerced.gov/utilities-services/water/urban-water-management-plan
Upon completion of said public hearing, the Plans will be adopted as prepared or as modified.
This notice shall be published once a week for two successive weeks in the Merced County Times.
Dated: May 21, 2026 and May 28, 2026 City of Merced by: Deputy City Clerk Kirsten Waller