Budget

Where does our customers' money go?

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District is actually two separate utilities -- one for wastewater management and a considerably smaller one for stormwater management. Together, these utilities help to protect our water quality, guard against health and safety risks, and support our region's economic vitality.

Our rates are competitive with other communities of our size and circumstance. Of every $1 our customers pay:

• 40 cents covers the day-to-day operation and maintenance of MSD's seven wastewater treatment plants and 9,630 miles of sewers
• 45 cents goes toward projects in our $6 billion dollar capital improvement program
• 15 cents goes to repay the debt we have incurred since FY 2004 in implementing this program

Revenues and Expenditures

The Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District's charter requires that we adopt a balanced budget each year. By law, our expenses cannot exceed our revenues. We are also legally prohibited from funding stormwater projects with wastewater project dollars, and vice versa.