May Newsletter

GOVERNMENT
ENHANCING OUR
community
DENVER WATER TAKES AIM AT
LEAD IN DRINKING WATER
You may have heard through the local news stations that
Denver Water is launching its Lead Reduction Program.
Denver Water delivers a water supply without harmful
contaminants however, in older areas of the Denver
metropolitan area, some homes may have been constructed
with lead service lines or interior plumbing that contains
lead. Denver Water’s Lead Reduction Program anticipates
replacing an estimated 64,000 to 84,000 lead service lines in
its service area at no direct cost to the customer and
providing water filters certified to remove lead to customers
who have or are likely to have a lead service line.
In Denver Water’s experience, homes built prior to 1951 are
more likely to have a lead service line. Other sources of lead
found inside a home’s plumbing include lead solder,
commonly used to connect sections of copper pipe until
1987, and faucets and fixtures manufactured prior to 2014
that do not meet today’s requirements for “lead free” fixtures.
In March Denver Water launched its Lead Reduction
Program by raising the pH of the water it delivers to 1.5
million people in the city and many surrounding suburbs.
The program was approved by state and federal health
officials in December 2019.
This program will protect the health of our customers,
especially children, saving generations from potential lead
exposure through drinking water. Learn more about the Lead
Reduction Program at denverwater.org/Lead.
This unprecedented program will protect the health of our
customers, especially children, saving generations from
potential lead exposure through drinking water. Learn more
about the Lead Reduction Program at denverwater.org/Lead.
UPDATE ON THE PROJECT
IN GREENWOOD VILLAGE
Public Works and Community Development have been
working with Denver Water to provide information regarding
building construction to help eliminate potential properties.
The initial efforts to research building permits and
construction dates resulted in an estimation that less than
100 properties in Greenwood Village are likely to contain
lead service lines. Denver Water is proceeding with
notifications and sending test kits to suspected lead service
properties. In addition to the test kits, Brita pitchers will be
mailed out in June to any suspected lead service property
that does not mail back a test kit or the returned test kit
shows the likelihood of lead service.
Denver Water has developed a GIS map to show the
current status of properties in their service area. You will
have to zoom in to see Greenwood Village —
bit.ly/3c9aXZQ. You may notice that the map also includes
a designation of “unlikely lead services” based on the low
probability of having lead (post 1951) and those properties
may request a test kit but will not receive one
automatically. It is recommended that owners request a test
kit if one is available for your property.
For more information, please call Public Works at
303-708-6100. GV
PG. 22 GV NEWSLETTER | MAY 2020