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Sewer and Water Line Service in Aurora, CO
Sewer line, water line, and underground infrastructure work in Aurora, Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties. Denver Sewer and Water scopes the line before quoting, pulls the permits, and handles the excavation with our own crews.
We run Aurora daily. North and central Aurora are typically a thirty minute response for emergency line failures, and the southeast side past E-470 runs longer. We give you a real window when you call, not a slogan.
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Underground Line Work in Aurora
Aurora is the one city in the metro where a single utility owns both sides of the job. Aurora Water runs the drinking water system and the sanitary sewer system, so a water tap and a sewer tap on the same address go through the same authority rather than through a water utility on one side and a county district on the other. For anyone who has fought a two-agency permit sequence in a neighboring jurisdiction, that is a meaningful difference in how a project schedules.
The underground itself is anything but uniform, because Aurora was built in at least three distinct waves. Original Aurora along the East Colfax corridor and around the old Fitzsimons campus dates to the 1920s through the 1950s and carries clay laterals and cast iron water services. The enormous 1960s through 1980s expansion south and east brought cast iron, early PVC, and the Orangeburg that was still being installed into the early 1970s. Everything past E-470 is comparatively young: PVC sewer, copper and PEX supply, and failures that are almost always installation or ground movement rather than age.
Soil drives the rest. Large parts of eastern Aurora sit on expansive clay that swells and shrinks with moisture, and that movement is what pulls joints apart and puts bellies in laterals that were laid correctly. We see far more grade problems here than in the older close-in Denver neighborhoods, and grade problems change the repair recommendation. A line that has lost its slope cannot be fixed by lining it.
Aurora also has long service runs. Lots are deeper, setbacks are larger, and a sewer lateral that would be forty feet in a Denver bungalow is regularly ninety feet or more here. That affects cleanout placement, camera access, and whether a trenchless method is even reachable from the ends. We measure it rather than estimate it.
Denver Sewer and Water covers all of Aurora, from the older north end through the Southlands and Murphy Creek side. We scope before we quote, we pull the Aurora permits ourselves, and we schedule the inspection rather than leaving it to you.
Areas we cover: Original Aurora and East Colfax, Fitzsimons and Anschutz, Del Mar Park, Village East, Hoffman Heights, Southlands, Murphy Creek, Tollgate Crossing, Saddle Rock.
Services Available in Aurora
Sewer Line Repair
Spot repair, lining, and full replacement after a camera tells us what is wrong.
Explore Sewer Line RepairSewer Scope Inspection
Camera and locate work before a purchase, a remodel, or a repair decision.
Explore Sewer Scope InspectionWater Line Services
Pressurized supply work, from a pressure drop at the fixtures to a break under the driveway.
Explore Water Line ServicesTrenchless Solutions
Lining and pipe bursting where the host pipe still holds its shape and grade.
Explore Trenchless SolutionsDrain Cleaning and Jetting
Hydro jetting and mechanical clearing for repeat blockages and grease.
Explore Drain Cleaning and JettingExcavation
Open-cut work, access pits, and restoration handled by our own crews.
Explore ExcavationTap Services
Sewer, water, and fire line taps, including sizing and utility coordination.
Explore Tap ServicesStorm Drains
Storm line repair, replacement, and drainage correction on private property.
Explore Storm DrainsLocal Infrastructure Context
Permits and Authority in Aurora
Aurora Water is the permitting and inspection authority for both water and sanitary sewer connections inside the city. Tap fees and system development charges are set by the city and are driven by meter size and use classification, not by how far your line runs.
Street, alley, and sidewalk cuts are handled through Aurora's public works right-of-way process, and a traffic control plan is required on the arterials. Because Aurora crosses three counties, a property on the fringe can fall outside city utility service and into a special district, and we confirm which one you are in before quoting rather than after.
- Water and sanitary sewer authority: Aurora Water, a city-owned utility.
- One utility for both taps, which shortens the approval sequence compared to most of the metro.
- Right-of-way cuts and traffic control: City of Aurora public works.
- Fringe addresses may sit in a separate water and sanitation district. We verify service area first.
Tap and Connection Notes
- Water and sewer tap applications go to the same utility, so the two approvals can be sequenced together instead of chased separately.
- Tap sizing is driven by fixture count and use classification. Oversizing a commercial tap is an expensive way to be safe, and we size it from the load.
- Sanitary connections must be inspected before backfill. On the long lots here that can mean holding an open trench, so we schedule the inspection against the dig rather than after it.
- Arterial and collector street cuts require traffic control. On East Colfax, Havana, and the Parker Road corridor that is a scheduling factor, not a formality.
Typical Pipe Eras in Aurora
- 1920s to 1950s in original Aurora and around the old Fitzsimons campus: vitrified clay sewer, cast iron and galvanized supply.
- 1960s to early 1970s expansion: cast iron, early PVC, and Orangeburg laterals that deform under load.
- 1970s to 1990s: PVC and ABS sewer with copper supply, generally sound but vulnerable to soil movement.
- Post-2000 southeast Aurora: PVC sewer, copper and PEX supply, with failures tied to installation and settlement rather than material age.
How Lines Fail Here
- Bellies and lost grade from expansive clay soil, most common in the 1970s and 1980s subdivisions.
- Orangeburg laterals collapsing into an oval and holding solids.
- Root intrusion at clay joints in the older north end.
- Long-run laterals that were never given a cleanout, forcing access through the roof vent or a pulled toilet.
- Cast iron water services pinholing after long exposure to wet clay.
- Settlement cracks at the foundation penetration in newer construction.
Aurora Sewer and Water Questions
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