Welcome to the About Us portion of the site. Here you will
find information on our current construction projects and other District
related issues. You can also see a map of the District's boundary; just follow
the links to the left.
The Green Mountain Park Water and Sanitation District was
formed in 1951. The District merged with Northside Water and Sanitation District
in 1982 and was renamed Green
Mountain Water and
Sanitation District. The District maintains a business office at 13919 W. Utah
Avenue, Lakewood, Colorado 80228,
a maintenance office at 12074 W. Virginia Avenue,
Lakewood, Colorado
80228 and a
maintenance facility at 291 S Zinnia Way, Lakewood,
CO 80228.
The business telephone number is 303-985-1581, the facsimile number is 303-985-0680 and the e-mail address is gmwsd@greenmountainwater.org.
The District provides water and sewer service to
approximately 9,474 residential customers, 746 commercial accounts, and the area serviced is
approximately 9.5 square miles. The District is about 98% developed.
The District has a Master Meter Contract with Denver Water
Department. Water is purchased by the District wholesale from Denver Water
Department and is measured through metering stations at 4th and Independence, and at W Jewell Avenue and W. Yale Avenue.
The District has a Special Connectors Agreement with the
Metro Wastewater Reclamation District. The District pays the Metro District
annual charges based on flows and strength of flows measured at the Weir Gulch metering
station, and the Iliff and Morrison Road
metering station.
The budget is prepared on an accrual basis of accounting.
The budget is prepared by the district manager and submitted to the Board of
Directors by October 13, 2009 and is open for public comment any time prior to
adoption which is not before the second Tuesday in November. For budgetary
purposes, Depreciation is not considered as expenditure and System Development
Fees are considered income.
The Board of Directors has determined that no rate increases
are necessary for the 2010 budget year.
The District is debt free and does not collect property
taxes. The District currently relies on revenue received from water and sewer user fees to
fund the District operations.