Cori Hayman, Ken Coates, Brian Goebel, Woody Barrett, and Dana Newquist, Santa Barbara Independent
“. . .Under the direction of its board, the MSD treats about 500,000 gallons a day of wastewater to the secondary level and then discharges it into the ocean. It is therefore treating to the minimum level allowed under state law, despite the fact that Heal the Ocean has called on all local sanitation districts to discharge at the tertiary standard, and has been doing so since 2001 because of the obvious benefits to the environment. . .”