Residential Sewer Payment Assistance Program

On September 23, 2025, City Council established a Residential Sewer Payment Assistance Program the "Program" which will provide qualifying residential sewer ratepayers with a one-time annual payment equal to 15% of the cumulative City Sewer System charges for the fiscal year. 

City Council appropriated $150,000 from the General Fund for the Program Fiscal Year 2025-26. As required by law, the program cannot be funded through user fees assessed to ratepayers.

Applications for Fiscal Year 2025–26 will be accepted through June 30, 2026.

Applications for the Fiscal Year 2026–27 Program are now available and will be accepted from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027.

Monterey One Water (M1W) serves as the billing and collection agency for sewer utility charges assessed to Salinas area ratepayers. The new City of Salinas sewer system rates become effective on July 1, 2026, and will be reflected in Monterey One Water's (M1W's) June-July 2026 bimonthly bill which ratepayers will be receiving early in July 2026.