Area Information
Utilities & Infrastructure
Gas
& Electricity
Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E), an investor-owned utility, provides
natural gas and electric service to approximately 12 million people in Northern and
Central California. PG&E's service area covers 70,000 square miles and includes
the San
Francisco Bay Area, Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys, and the Sierra Nevada
and foothills.
As a result of California's electric industry
deregulation in 1998,
PG&E customers can choose the company providing their electricity.
Call PG&E toll-free at 800-743-5000 to request
service for your business or home. Call (209) 942-1730 for
additional information on business services, including gas and electric rates and/or a
preliminary rate analysis.
Telephone
Verizon provides local telephone service for over 50,000 customers in the Manteca area. The
community is equipped with fiber optic lines. Digital data services include
DSL, T-1, ISDN (BRI and PRI), Frame Relay, Centranet, and telephone services.
Verizon
was formerly the GTE Corporation and recently merged with Bell Atlantic.
Contact the Verizon website at
verizon.com
for additional information on services or call the following numbers for
installation, additional services, or changes in services: 800-483-5000
for business customers and 800-483-4000 for residential customers.
Cable
Comcast provides cable television service and
high-speed internet service in the Manteca area. Contact the
Comcast website at comcast.com
or call 888-262-6300 for information on ordering and installation of
new services or for changes to existing services.
Water
The City of Manteca provides water service for the
community. Approximately 15,000 connection customers are served, with
an average daily usage of 11 million gallons. The pumping capacity is
31.5 million gallons per
day. 100% of the water processed by the City comes from ground water
wells. This source is
augmented by an elevated water storage tank holding 300,000 gallons.
Call the City of Manteca Finance Department at (209) 825-2326 for
information on water rates and to request service. For additional
information, including data on water quality,
Click
here or call the City of Manteca Public Works Department at (209)
825-6102.
Garbage
The City of Manteca provides solid waste
garbage service for the Manteca area.
Call the City of Manteca Finance Department
at (209) 825-2326 for information on garbage rates and to request
service. Call the City of Manteca Public Works Department at (209)
239-8469 for all other solid waste inquiries (e.g., pickup schedules,
recycling, dumpster rentals, etc.).
Sewer
The City of Manteca Wastewater Treatment
Plant serves
the City of Manteca, City of Lathrop, and Raymus Village in San Joaquin
County. The plant currently
treats approximately 6.5 million gallons of wastewater per day (gpd), and has
been rated with a capacity of approximately 7 million gpd. A plant
expansion to approximately 10 million gpd is currently underway and is expected to be
largely completed from an increase in capacity standpoint by July, 2007
(all aspects of the expansion should be completely finished by August,
2008).
Call the City of Manteca Public Works
Department at (209) 239-8460 for additional information, including
restrictions on wastewater strength. Call the City of
Manteca Finance Department at (209) 825-2326 for information on sewer
rates and to request service.
Storm
Drainage
The City of Manteca operates and maintains the Storm Drain System,
which serves the community. The City’s Storm Drainage System
consists of approximately 170 miles of pipeline, 36 Pump Stations and 35
Detention Basins. When it rains, the runoff flows through this
system, into South San Joaquin Irrigation District Drains and Laterals,
and eventually into the San Joaquin River.
Call the City of Manteca Public Works Department at (209) 239-8460 for
additional information, including restrictions on discharges into the
system. Prevent Pollution – Only Rain Down the Drain!
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