Tag: Denver Water
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Frozen and thawing water pipes lead to hundreds of emergency calls in Denver
The majority of roughly 600 calls that the Denver Fire Department answered on Monday, the coldest day of the polar vortex that covered the metro area over the weekend, involved burst water pipes. And though temperatures picked back up into the mid-to-high 30s on Tuesday, the city received 780 more calls, most of which dealt…
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Denver Water rate increase goes into effect
Don’t be alarmed by higher water bills come the end of the month. Water rates increased on Jan. 1 for the almost 1.5 million people served by Denver Water, nearly 25% of the state’s population. The estimated rate increase for a single-family home that uses the same amount of water as it did in 2023…
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Q&A with Alan Salazar | Seeing Denver Water’s history through its people
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save In the office of Denver Water CEO and Manager Alan Salazar, old black and white photos of workers, pipes and dams from the archives hang next to beauty shots of snow-capped peaks and mist-shrouded reservoirs. Salazar, who in August 2023 became the 16th person to…
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‘Devastating’ damage to beloved Colorado fishery, but outfitters optimistic about recovery
Anglers are coming to grips with the altered state of a beloved fishery between Denver and Colorado Springs — the result of heavy rains sending rock and dirt down the slopes of Cheesman Canyon. “Altered” is how some in the sporting scene would now describe this famed stretch of the South Platte River near Deckers. “Devastating”…
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Denver Water demand hits 54-year low thanks to June rain
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save When it rained … and rained … and rained … last month, Denver Water customers took the plunge. June’s historic rainfall brought a historic drop in demand to levels not seen in 54 years, Denver Water announced Tuesday. In all, 6.1 inches of rain fell…
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Why is Aurora in drought, but not Denver?
While the city of Aurora already implemented drought restrictions for 2023, next door, the city of Denver doesn’t expect to declare a drought this year. The tale of two cities left some in Aurora scratching their heads, and the city’s drought restrictions garnered pushback from at least two of the city’s councilmembers. Aurora’s drought declarations…
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Some Colorado 14ers have closed after legal wrangle. What might be next?
Owners of properties where Coloradans hike and play in the outdoors had hoped to feel better about allowing that access after a hearing this month at the state Capitol. Instead, some are feeling more worried than ever. That includes Patrick Schilken, who has long held land along the base of 14,000-foot Mount Sherman in Park…
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CSU Spur campus opens Hydro building; focused on water education, quality
Access to free education for all ages around water and water quality is now more accessible than ever thanks to the final addition on the Colorado State University Spur campus, Hydro. The Hydro building, located at 4817 National Western Dr., is the third and final building for the campus offering free public education on food,…
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Grant boosts Denver Water plans to replace as many as 84,000 lead water pipes
A program to replace every lead water pipe in Denver’s water system without charge to property owners, underway for the last three years, received a $76 million boost from the federal Infrastructure Improvement Act. Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet joined Denver Water, local community advocates and Environmental Protection Agency officials Friday to tout what Bennet calls…