On June 11, 2025 the Board of Directors approved the budget for FY 2025-26:

At the end of each fiscal year, the District is audited by an independent certified public accounting firm qualified to perform government accounting audits.  The financial statements consist of a series of financial statements and notes to those statements.  The statements are organized so the reader can understand the District as a financial whole, an entire operating entity. These statements…

On August 31, 2015 the Board of Directors approved a contract with Water Consultancy of Ventura to prepare a Wastewater Rate Study Report to analyze cost of services and sewer service rates for the District.

Every year the District reports annual salary/compensation data for all MSD employees to the State Controller's Office.  The SCO database contains information on the salary and other compensation of public employee positions in cities, counties, special districts, CSU and UC systems, and most state employees.

In accordance with the requirements of the general provisions of the District's NPDES permit No. CA0047899.

In September 2021, Montecito Sanitary District and Montecito Water District embarked on a collaborative study to analyze four distinct approaches to optimize the beneficial use of treated wastewater within the Montecito community. The primary objective was to identify the best method of maximizing wastewater reuse capabilities thus producing a new local drought proof water supply for the community and reducing the discharge of treated wastewater to the ocean.

The requirement to develop a Sewer System Management Plan (SSMP) is included in the District’s National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Permit No. CA0047899; issued by the State & Regional Quality Control Boards. In developing its SSMP the District has summarized its activities, procedures, and core documents as they relate to each topic required by the SSMP.

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Senate Bill 272 requires public agencies to create a catalog listing of the enterprise information systems they utilize with information about each system.