Colorado weather can go from one extreme to the other at the drop of a hat. It's hard to know for sure what to expect in the following weeks, but it's always best to plan ahead and start prepping your home's plumbing for plunging temperatures.

Before cold weather sets in:

Winterize your irrigation systems. Make sure that you turn everything off and fully drain or blow-out the system. Be sure to disconnect garden hoses from all spigots.

Fall is the perfect time to get your grass in good shape after battling the hot summer months. Following the tips below can help keep your lawn from getting too stressed during the winter months.

Keep Mowing – Grass doesn’t stop growing until it frosts over. Regular mowing helps the turf stay healthier. The ideal height for growing turf in Colorado is about 2 ½ to 3 inches.

Denver Water attained final federal approval for their Gross Reservoir Expansion Project in mid-July.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ordered Denver Water to proceed with design and construction to expand Gross Reservoir in Boulder County, which involves raising the dam an additional 131 feet. This will increase the capacity of the reservoir by 77,000 acre-feet and provide an additional 25 billion gallons of water storage.

The District would like to recognize its operators for their diligent work maintaining and repairing our water and sanitation infrastructure during a difficult time. District customers continue to receive safe and reliable water distribution throughout the coronavirus pandemic.

District operators are responsible for the operation and maintenance of water distribution and wastewater collection infrastructure as well as all buildings, vehicles and all supporting facilities owned by the District.

The District office will be closed on Monday, September 7th in observance of Labor Day.

If you have urgent business with the district on this day, please call the main number at 303-979-2333. The on-call staff person will respond to your request as soon as possible.

Companies heavily advertise their "flushable" wipes, but plumbers make a lot of house calls that involve clogged toilets, backed up sewer lines, and flooded basements caused by moistened wipes. Most wastewater experts will tell you that there's no such thing as a flushable wipe. Flushable wipes may flush down the toilet just fine, but so will your keys, phone, or jewelry.

While clogs can develop from any number of items, plumbers will now tell you that one of the most common causes of clogs today are moistened wipes (non-flushable and flushable).

Hydrant flushing is necessary to maintain the high-quality water that is delivered to district customers.

It might be painful to watch clean drinking water bursting from a hydrant to be squandered into the street, especially with 100% of the state officially in a drought, but there are vital reasons for this. Besides being necessary to maintain high water quality, hydrant flushing assures that hydrants are in proper working condition in the event of a fire.

According to the August 4 update from the National Integrated Drought Information System (NIDIS), 26.6% of Colorado is in an extreme drought, 32.2% is in a severe drought, 27.1% is in a moderate drought and 14.1% of the state is abnormally dry. Collectively, 100% of Colorado is experiencing some form of drought.

What is the average water pressure for a home?

The answer will depend on your home's physical relation to the water source supply. If your home is at a higher elevation relative to a water source location, you will have lower pressure. If your home is downhill from a water source, your water pressure will be higher.

This time of year, the District sees an exceptional increase in the number of calls from customers reporting high consumption on their most recent water bill. In several, but not all cases, the increase is a result of a leak that the customer did not realize they had and many times on their irrigation system. Here are some ways you can troubleshoot the cause of your higher water bill on your own.