Hello and welcome to the official website for the Costa Mesa Sanitary District. I’m glad you chose our website to obtain more information about the services and programs we provide.

The Costa Mesa Sanitary District is an independent special district that is dedicated to protecting the environment by ensuring reliable sanitary services.  We are responsible for maintaining 215 miles of sewer mainline that transports 13.6 million gallons a day to treatment facilities for 116,700 residents residing in Costa Mesa, Newport Beach and unincorporated County of Orange.  The proactive and aggressive maintenance standards we utilize for our mainline and twenty pump stations help protect our waterways and beaches from being contaminated by untreated sewage.  We are proud to be an innovative organization that recognizes the need to properly maintain private sewer laterals.  The CMSD was one of the first public agencies in the State of California to reimburse residents up to $1,800 for repairing or maintaining their private sewer lateral.  I encourage you to learn more about this program by visiting the “Sewer” page on this website.

In addition to sewer service, the Costa Mesa Sanitary District also provides curbside refuse and recycling collection services to over 21,000 residents residing within the District.  We are proud to have met the State mandate of diverting 50% of the community’s refuse from the landfill and we are striving to increase our diversion rate for a cleaner and healthier environment.   To that end, we offer many recycling programs for children and adults such as telephone book recycling, safe disposal of hypodermic needles, composting and vermicomposting programs, household hazardous waste collections, waste free lunches, and e-waste collections.  To learn more about our recycling programs, please visit the “Recycling” page on this website.

Finally, I want to encourage you to view our Strategic Plan, which is located on the left side of the website under “More Topics”. This plan is the blueprint to our future.  It identifies where we want to be in five years and describes how we are going to achieve our goals.

In conclusion, I hope you find our website easy to navigate and enjoyable to use.  Please share your thoughts about this website or give us feedback on our service by completing the “Customer Satisfaction Survey” found on the bottom left side under “More Topics”.  If you would like to speak to me or anyone else in person, please don’t hesitate to contact the front office at (949) 645-8400.

Sincerely, 

General Manager