Leak detection in Columbine & west Littleton

Separate the bill from the pipe operator

The 80123 and 80128 postal areas cross local boundaries. This page groups nearby leak questions for navigation; it does not say that every address has the same utility or service availability. Use the address and district information from your records.

Platte Canyon operates local water and sewer mains. Denver Water sends its water bills, while the City of Littleton bills sewer service. That distinction matters when water appears in a street or several nearby homes lose pressure. Report a suspected public-system problem to the actual operator.

Say whether the water is supply or drainage

Describe water flowing from a pipe, rising around a drain or simply collecting outside. Do not assume that a floor-level wet patch is a pressurized pipe leak. If sewage may be involved, avoid contact and stop using affected fixtures until you have appropriate help.

Platte Canyon’s sewer guidance distinguishes mainline backups from customer service-line problems. A sewer blockage or contaminated-water cleanup is a different scope from locating a fresh-water supply leak.

Make the useful parts accessible

An indoor meter behind stored items and a stop box hidden by landscaping can complicate an assessment. Describe those obstacles when you call. Move only ordinary belongings that can be handled safely; do not lift a heavy meter cover, remove a utility fitting or enter standing water.

For a shared line or common landscape area, identify the person who can authorize access. A postal address is not authority to inspect or excavate a neighbor’s land.

Choose the next question

Continuous indoor use, a wet floor, a buried service line and irrigation all have their own pages below. Pick the one matching what you can observe. We will need the actual address to discuss availability; before work is agreed, ask which system will be tested and what remains outside the visit.

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