The September 15, 2026 date announced for Madison’s Water Facilities Plan hearing has passed. As of September 21, the City’s Public Works page still displays that notice. This guide preserves questions about the June 2026 draft; it does not confirm that the hearing occurred, that the plan was adopted or that a new water rate took effect. City notice
Start with your water provider
A Madison address does not automatically identify the water system. The City says some residents receive water from Bear Creek Water Association or the Pearl River Water Supply District. Match the provider on your bill before assuming that every City-system proposal describes your service. Provider distinction
Compare any later decision with the draft pages
The June 2026 draft offers several useful places to begin:
| Draft location | Reader question to prepare |
|---|---|
| Page 5, planning area | Does the mapped City service area include the location I am asking about? |
| Page 18, selected plan | Which storage, supply and distribution components are intended for each phase? |
| Page 24, financial analysis | Which financing scenario is being considered, and when would any rate decision be separately made? |
Page 5 also expressly excludes the potential water-service area in the proposed 2023 annexation limit. Do not treat that proposed boundary as part of this plan’s mapped service area.
On page 18, the selected plan describes enlarging the Cotton Hill Road tank from 300,000 to 1,500,000 gallons, water-supply improvements with two alternatives, and approximately 2,000 feet of 12-inch distribution main on Madison Avenue. These are proposed components, not completed work.
There is a specific inconsistency worth preserving: page 18 describes three phases, while page 24 describes four. Ask which phase structure the City intends to carry forward rather than silently choosing one. Draft plan, pages 18 and 24
Keep a hearing note separate from a construction promise
Write down the page, the unclear statement and the clarification you seek. For follow-up, ask the City for the actual meeting record or any revised/adopted plan and compare it with these draft pages. An unchanged hearing notice is not evidence of the outcome.
The document contains engineering cost estimates and says water rates will be reviewed with improvements. It does not, by itself, establish an awarded construction contract, work at a particular address or an adopted individual bill increase.
Sources and method
LSL rechecked the hearing notice and the June draft’s cover and pages 5, 18 and 24 on September 13, 2026, including visual inspection of the planning map and the differing phase descriptions. The worksheet is our synthesis; we did not validate the whole engineering plan or attend the hearing. On September 21 we reread the operative Public Works notice and provider section; the draft’s unchanged, specifically bounded claims retain their September 13 review date. No meeting outcome was verified.