The Leadville Sanitation District was formed in 1949 as a Quasi-Government entity under Lake County. Since that time we’ve seen many changes in regulations including the Clean Water Act of 1972. This act began the discharge permit system we currently are regulated under from the EPA and Colorado Department of Public Health. Our Permit regulates what can be in the wastewater we receive at the treatment plant as well as meeting specific criteria for the water that leaves the plant including various metals and chemicals. We also ask that everyone do their best to limit the amount of fats, oils and grease (FOG) they put down their lines. This requires us to clean our lines more frequently and causes an even bigger problem for the home owner as service lines are smaller and usually plug off before our main lines when the FOG hardens. For these reasons we ask that customers don’t put anything down their drains that could harm the environment as the water we discharge eventually becomes someone else’s drinking water. It’s our goal to provide the best wastewater treatment possible and stay well within our discharge permit limits.

We have four full time employees at the treatment plant and two at our business office, the Superintendent works both places as needed, this provides coverage every day of the year including weekends and holidays at the plant as our permit requires testing every day without exception.