Fact Sheet for 2024

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 2024 (Adopted/ Estimated)

Water Revenue – $5,275,046
Water Expenditures – $4,832,090
Water Capital Replacement Expenditures – $1,991,000
Sewer Revenue – $3,292,884
Sewer Expenditures – $2,866,658
Sewer Capital Replacement Expenditures – $550,000

Board of Directors

William “Jake” Schild
President

Mike Cochran
Vice President

Keith Francis
Secretary

Gail Sevier
Treasurer

Siji Abraham
Asst. Secretary

Water System

2024 Water Rate – $5.73/1,000 gallons
2024 Base Rate – $11.55/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 – 5,955 gallons
Average, annual residential water use – 71,462 gallons
Water sold in 2023 – 691,391,000 gallons (2,121 acre feet)
Gallons of water purchased in 2023 – 703,100,000 gallons (2,158 acre feet)
Master Meter Connections to Denver system – 18
Water valves in system – 1,548
Fire hydrants in system – 732
Blow-offs in system – 171
Largest user (customer) and gallons sold in 2022 – FCI (Federal Prison) 48,653,000 (149 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

2024 Sewer Rate – $23.92/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 – 5,455
Residential, Sewer Only, Customers – 95 residential*, 7 commercial
Commercial Customers – 138
Irrigation only accounts – 54
Multi-Family accounts – 162
Average Residential Monthly Bill (summer) – $61.56
Average Residential Monthly Bill (winter) – $48.66

*Sewer only accounts include Lochmoor (58)

District Boundary Map

Lakehurst District Map