Dear Neighbors:

Thank you visiting our website to get updated information on our plans to ensure the health and safety of our community and our Bay! The Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District’s mission is to ensure the safe collection and treatment of sewage, to protect our community’s health and safety and the Bay’s water quality.

We take our responsibility to keep the Bay clean seriously. When untreated sewage spills happen, they create hazardous Bay conditions, requiring the closure of beaches and waterways.

We are undergoing essential upgrades to sewage infrastructure to fulfill our responsibility to prevent these spills and minimize Bay pollution. Undertaking these repairs now will not only help protect the Bay and our community, but the cost of doing this work is low due to the economy.

Like other local agencies, we are under an order from the EPA to make necessary upgrades and improvements.  If we fail to do so, we could be liable for hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and be vulnerable to costly environmental lawsuits.

The next step in this process will include a notice to all ratepayers about proposed new rates that will ensure we are able to make required upgrades to keep our community healthy and safe and our Bay clean. There will be a public hearing regarding these new rates will be held on July 28, 2010, at 7:30 PM, at the Sausalito City Hall.

In this section you will find the reports, frequently asked questions, on-going plans, etc. If you have any additional questions—please don’t hesitate to call or e-mail!

Thank you,

Bob Simmons

General Manager, Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District

Pertinent Documents:

• May 2010 Newsletter

• Sausalito, My Community Magazine
• Financial Reports - Rate Study
• 10 Year Strategic Plan
• Community Meeting Presentation
• Guidelines for Protests