Fact Sheet for 2023

General Information

Office Location 7995 W. Quincy Avenue Littleton, CO 80123
Hours of Operation 8:00am – 4:30pm Monday thru Friday
Phone/Fax 303-985-7895 / 303-988-7291
Number of Employees 8 full time
Engineer Consultant Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Greg Sekera – 303-985-3636
Legal Collins, Cole, Flynn, Winn & Ulmer
[email protected] 303-218-7198
Website www.lakehurstwater.org
Established District formed on September 7, 1962 as a Master Meter contract to Denver Water
District Size Encompasses approximately 3,664 acres or 5.7 square miles
Total population estimate 12,000

Budget 2023 (Adopted/ Estimated)

Water Revenue – $5,308,528
Water Expenditures – $4,821,080
Water Capital Replacement Expenditures – $1,050,000
Sewer Revenue – $3,102,744
Sewer Expenditures – $1,954,631
Sewer Capital Replacement Expenditures – $450,000

Board of Directors

William “Jake” Schild
President

Steven Posavec
Vice President

Mike Cochran
Secretary

Gail Sevier
Treasurer

Keith Francis
Asst. Secretary

Water System

2023 Water Rate – $5.48/1,000 gallons
2023 Base Rate – $11.00/month/SFE*
Water System Development – $4,000 per ¾" SFE Charge (SDC)
Owns, operates, and maintains approximately 86 miles of water pipe (4"- 24")
Average, monthly residential water use – 7,254 gallons
Average, annual residential water use – 87,042 gallons
Water sold in 2022 – 801,000,000 gallons (2,458 acre feet)
Gallons of water purchased in 2022 – 837,000,000 gallons (2,569 acre feet)
Master Meter Connections to Denver system – 18
Water valves in system – 1,518
Fire hydrants in system – 729
Blow-offs in system – 180
Largest user (customer) and gallons sold in 2022 – FCI (Federal Prison) 50,450,000 (155 acre feet)

*SFE – Single Family Equivalent – “a unit of measurement used to determine the capacity of water service required for a single family household”

Acre Foot – 325,851 gallons, enough water to cover one acre of surface area to a depth of one foot

Sewer System

2023 Sewer Rate – $22.92/month/SFE*
Sewer System Development Charge (SDC) – $2,000 per SFE
Owns, operates, and maintains approximately 71 miles of sewer pipe (8 - 30")
There are approximately 1,877 manholes
Entire system is televised every four years and cleaned as needed.

Customer Accounts

Residential Water Customers – 5,375
Residential, Sewer Only, Customers – 95 residential*, 7 commercial
Commercial Customers – 133
Irrigation only accounts – 53
Multi-Family accounts – 162
Average Residential Monthly Bill (summer) – $73.52
Average Residential Monthly Bill (winter) – $48.65

*Sewer only accounts include Lochmoor (58)

District Boundary Map

Lakehurst District Map