Neighbors United wants Manteca to stop wasting water by releasing treated wastewater into the San Joaquin River. Instead the community activist group based in rural South Manteca wants the city to add an additional treatment step to the municipal plant so that the water can be sold to area farmers to grow food crops. Neighbors United President Elect Kerry Harris asked the Manteca City Council Tuesday to consider accessing a government loan fund for drought-related projects that carries 1 percent interest rate to finance the additional treatment and pipeline needs to deliver water to farmers.