Established in 2017 under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, the Merced Irrigation-Urban Groundwater Sustainability Agency is tasked with the ambitious goal of developing a comprehensive groundwater sustainability plan by 2020 and implementing the plan to achieve basin sustainability by 2040.

The Agency’s seven-member Board is comprised of diverse interests from the Merced region.

Public Agencies Representing MIUGSA:
City of Atwater (Municipal)
City of Livingston (Municipal)
City of Merced (Municipal)
Le Grand Community Services District (Municipal)
Merced Irrigation District (Ag and Domestic)
Planada Community Services District (Municipal)
Winton Water and Sanitary District (Municipal)