Plumbers in Mead, CO

A Weld County town north of the metro

Mead is a statutory town in Weld County, incorporated in 1908, with 4,781 residents at the 2020 Census. Its center sits about 34 miles north of downtown Denver in a straight line, and Longmont is the nearest larger city. Old Town Mead is the historic core, while subdivisions such as Coyote Run, Vale View, Feather Ridge, North Creek and Liberty Ranch spread out around it.

Two water districts, two sewer providers

The Town says water service comes from Little Thompson Water District or Longs Peak Water District, and it does not publish a map of which district serves which streets. Your water bill tells you. Little Thompson delivers Colorado-Big Thompson Project water treated at the Carter Lake Filter Plant. Longs Peak treats Carter Lake storage at its Kugel Plant on Vermillion Road and blends in Little Thompson water during summer. Each district publishes its own water quality report.

In Little Thompson territory, the district maintains the line from the main to the meter pit, and everything on the house side of the meter belongs to the owner. A leak between the pit and your foundation is therefore a job for your plumber, not the district. Longs Peak's policy wasn't confirmed, so ask that district directly if it serves you.

Sewer is split too. The Town of Mead serves most neighborhoods, including Old Town, Coyote Run, Vale View, Feather Ridge, North Creek, The Highlands and Range View. St. Vrain Sanitation District covers the south end, including Liberty Ranch and parts of Sekich Business Park, and lists 303.994.7572 for sewer emergencies.

Backflow and sprinkler systems

Little Thompson requires non-residential customers, HOAs and high-hazard residential connections to have backflow assemblies tested every year by a certified tester, with reports filed with the district. For ordinary home sprinkler systems it recommends a pressure vacuum breaker. Those devices sit outdoors and can crack when a fall freeze arrives before the system is drained, which is a common spring repair call along the Front Range.

Permits and gas service

The Town of Mead Building Division issues permits, and SAFEbuilt answers building questions and takes inspection requests at 303.774.0454. Gas service in Mead is split by address between Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy; the utility serving your home is printed on your gas bill. If you smell gas, leave the house first, then call 911 and your gas utility from outside. Xcel's gas emergency number is 1-800-895-2999.

How Mead differs from Denver, and what a call looks like

A Denver homeowner deals with one water utility and one city sewer agency. In Mead, the first step on any service line or sewer problem is figuring out which district you are in, because the contact numbers and rules change across subdivisions. When you call the number on this page, describe the symptom and mention your subdivision. You will be connected with an independent plumber who works in Mead, and you settle the price and timing directly with that plumber.