Denver Water News – Summer Watering & Water Pitchers

In March, Denver Water began its Lead Reduction Program, which was approved by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment in December 2019.

The water Denver Water delivers to customers is lead-free. But lead can get into drinking water as it passes through customer-owned water service lines and indoor plumbing that contain lead. Water service lines are the smaller pipes that bring water from Denver Water’s main delivery pipes in the street into homes and buildings.

Denver is replacing the estimated 64,000 to 84,000 customer-owned lead service lines in Denver Water’s service area with copper lines. This work, done at no direct charge to the customer, will take 15 years to complete. In Denver Water’s experience, homes built before 1951 are most likely to have lead service lines.  You can read more about this in a post from March 2.

Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program is providing pitchers and water filters to customers who have or may have a lead service line.  You may have recently received this free water pitcher – many neighbors have reported receiving theirs and were not familiar with the program.  Replacement filters will be sent regularly and filtered water should be used for drinking, cooking and preparing beverages such as infant formula until six months after the lead service line is replaced.  Contact Denver Water if you have questions about the Lead Reduction Program or the water pitchers.

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Denver Water just released its summer watering rules.

For nearly a century, Denver Water has provided guidelines to help you conquer watering season as efficiently as possible.

“Whether it’s a wet year or a dry year, the rules are there to make sure folks stay mindful of their water use in the summer,” said Jeff Tejral, a Denver Water water efficiency manager. “We always want people to use water as efficiently as possible, especially during watering season.”

The summer watering rules, which begin May 1 of every year and last until Oct. 1, encourage people to:

• Water during cooler times of the day — lawn watering is not allowed between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
• Limit watering to no more than three days per week.
• Avoid watering while it is raining or during high winds.
• Direct sprinkler heads away from concrete and asphalt.
• Prevent water from pooling in gutters, streets and alleys.
• Repair leaking sprinkler systems within 10 days.
• Use a hose nozzle with a shut-off valve when washing your car.

If you live in the Denver metro area, it’s important to know your landscape and water only when necessary.  Your lawn (and Denver’s water supply) will thank you.

By Denver Water’s Jimmy Luthye and Steve Snyder

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