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Cover Your Flush

Cover Your Flush

The district uses best practices to maintain sewer systems and lessen the risk of a blockage. This includes video and physical inspections, the use of root treatment chemicals, and regular cleaning. But it is up to the homeowner to protect their sewer line. 

The sewer service (lateral) is owned and maintained by homeowners, including the connection to the district’s main as depicted below. All maintenance and repairs within the lateral are the homeowner’s responsibility, even the portion of the pipe within the street. If a backup occurs within your sewer service lateral, a contractor must be contacted by the owner to restore sewer service. All damages are the homeowner’s responsibility. Many homeowner’s insurance policies contain an exclusion for sewer backup damages. Coverage is often available but must be requested as an addition to the policy. The district advises homeowners to discuss sewer backup coverage with their insurance agent. 

 

Homeowner resposibility as described in the article.

 

Find out more about sewer backup prevention, insurance coverage, and items that you should never flush at coveryourflush.com.

Trash All Wipes

There is no such thing as a flushable wipe. Flushing wipes and other prod­ucts can clog your home plumbing, causing sewage backups and expensive repairs. Flushing these products can also harm sewer and wastewater treat­ment systems, clogging equipment and leading to environmental damage and higher sewer rates.

 

Only flush pee, poo, and toilet paper.

 

 

No wipes in the pipes, only toilet paper down the toilet.

Don’t Let this Happen to You!

flooded basement from a sewer backup

If you are experiencing a sewer backup, contact the district at 303-979-2333. We can assist in determining if it is a district mainline or customer service line backup. 

If the backup was caused by blockage in a district owned sewer main, district staff will restore sewer service and the affected areas. 

Learn more about sewer backup preven­tion, insurance coverage and cleaning up the mess at coveryourflush.com.

Valley Sanitation District

8739 W. Coal Mine Ave.

Littleton, CO 80123

 

Office Hours

7:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday

Closed major holidays 

 

Contact Us

Office:  303-979-2333

Emergency (1):  303-979-2333

Emergency (2):  1-866-554-2129

Email:  info@valleysanitation.org

Valley Sanitation is committed to providing equitable access to our services to all residents and customers. Our ongoing accessibility effort works towards being in line with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) version 2.2, level AA criteria. We welcome comments on how to improve this website's accessibility for users with disabilities and for requests for accommodations. For reports of inaccessible information and communication technology or to request reasonable modifications or accommodations to District information and communication technology, please contact the District at 303-979-2333 or info@valleysanitation.org. 

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