The City of Brighton supplies most homes from its own groundwater wells and treatment plants, and some nearby areas are served by districts. Brighton also requires a containment backflow assembly on any home with a private well tied into household plumbing, and a plumber can repair the pump, tank and assembly or chase a pressure problem on city water. Call the number on this page to be connected with a local plumber in Brighton.
Brighton's water and the well question
Brighton, the Adams County seat, began as a farming and railroad depot town. The city delivers water across a 22-square-mile service area, mainly groundwater from the South Platte and Beebe Draw aquifers supplemented with treated water bought from Thornton and Denver Water. It runs one of the largest municipal reverse osmosis plants west of the Mississippi for the South Platte water, plus a greensand plant that removes manganese from Beebe Draw groundwater. Some newer subdivisions and unincorporated areas with Brighton addresses are in districts such as Todd Creek Village Metro District or Hi-Land Acres Water and Sanitation, so check your bill.
City crews fix lines up to and including the meter; anything from the hand valve on the house side to the home is the owner's repair.
What to do first
- Identify your supply. City water, a district, a private well, or a well plus city water.
- Call the city for meter or main problems at 303-655-2068 during business hours or 303-806-5970 after hours.
- On a well, check the tank gauge and pump breaker, and leave the breaker off if it trips again.
- Confirm your backflow assembly if a private well connects to household plumbing; Brighton requires a containment assembly.
- Shut the house valve if water is leaking inside.
Symptoms and likely causes
| Symptom | Likely cause |
|---|---|
| No water from the well | Pump, switch, breaker or control box |
| Pump short-cycling | Waterlogged pressure tank |
| Weak city-water pressure | Regulator or a leak past the hand valve |
| Wet ground near the meter | Service line leak on the house side |
| Irrigation water tasting odd indoors | Cross-connection; irrigation should be isolated from household plumbing |
What affects the cost
- Well components: switch, capacitor, tank or the pump itself, and pump depth
- Installing or repairing a containment backflow assembly for a well tied into house plumbing
- Isolating irrigation from household plumbing
- Service line repairs on the owner's side of the hand valve
- Permits through Brighton's OpenGov system; the Building Permit Counter is at 303-655-2017
If your home is in one of the metro or water districts around Brighton rather than on city water, call that district first for an outage and mention it to the plumber, since district rules on service lines can differ from the city's.
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