Plumbers in Sheridan, CO

A small Arapahoe County city beside Denver

Sheridan is a home rule city incorporated in 1890, with 6,105 residents in 2020. It shares borders with Denver, and its center is about 7 miles from downtown in a straight line. US 85 (South Santa Fe Drive), US 285 and South Federal Boulevard pass through, the Oxford-City of Sheridan light rail station serves it, and Fort Logan and Bear Creek are nearby. ZIP 80110 is mostly Englewood and lists Sheridan as an alternate name, so a mailing address alone may not tell you which city you are in.

Denver Water runs the system

Denver Water lists the City of Sheridan as a Total Service distributor. Under that kind of contract, Denver Water owns the water system, operates, maintains and replaces it, and reads and bills each customer's meter directly. Do not confuse the City with the South Sheridan Water and Sanitary Sewer District, a separate distributor. The water is Denver Water's: surface water from mountain snowmelt stored in reservoirs such as Cheesman, Dillon and Gross, treated at the Foothills, Marston and Northwater plants with Moffat as backup. Denver Water's annual report has the results. Phone numbers: City of Sheridan 303-762-2200, Denver Water Customer Care 303-893-2444 and Denver Water emergencies 303-628-6801.

What the homeowner owns

On Denver Water service, the service line is owned and installed at the property owner's expense up to the stop-and-waste valve for an outside meter, or the valve downstream of the meter for an inside one. The meter, meter setting and reading device belong to the owner too, though Denver Water repairs them for normal wear, and the owner must protect the meter pit. Denver Water maintains the mains and is not responsible for damage from a service line or inside plumbing. In plain terms, a yard leak or a frozen meter pit is usually your call to a plumber, and insulating the pit lid before winter is an easy way to head off a burst.

Sewer and backflow

Sheridan Sanitation District No. 1 is listed at 4101 South Federal Boulevard (303-483-3259). We could not confirm that it covers every Sheridan address, so check your sewer bill. Backflow follows Denver Water's program: commercial, industrial, irrigation and fire services need an approved assembly, homes are assessed by site hazard, and properties with a well or pond as an auxiliary supply need one too. Assemblies are tested at installation and every year by a certified tester, irrigation assemblies between May and September, with reports going to Denver Water Cross-Connection Control at 303-628-5969.

Permits

We could not verify which office issues plumbing permits for Sheridan addresses. Call the City at 303-762-2200 before replacing a water heater or changing piping, or ask the plumber you are connected with to confirm and pull the permit.

Gas safety

If you smell gas, leave the house first. From outside, call 911 and your gas utility, using the name and number on your gas bill.

Sheridan compared with Denver

Water works much as it does in Denver, since Denver Water runs both systems and the same ownership and backflow rules apply. The differences are the sanitation district and the City for permits. When you call the number on this page, describe the problem and whether the water is off, and you will be connected with an independent plumber who works in Sheridan. You and that plumber settle price and timing.