# Denver Neighborhood Sewer and Water Line Guides

Denver Sewer and Water is a private, family owned and operated company. We are not Denver Water or the City and County of Denver. What is buried under a Denver property depends almost entirely on when the block was built, so these guides are grouped by build era rather than by map quadrant.

## Historic core, 1880s to 1920s

- [Baker](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/baker) Late 1800s clay laterals running to alley mains behind Broadway.
- [Capitol Hill](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/capitol-hill) Dense clay lines under converted mansions and small apartment buildings.
- [Cheesman Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/cheesman-park) Park edge buildings where one original clay lateral serves many units.
- [City Park West](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/city-park-west) Clay laterals to alley mains under the heaviest canopy on the park edge.
- [Cole](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/cole) Compact lots, short clay runs, and shared alley access.
- [Curtis Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/curtis-park) Denver's oldest residential district and its oldest surviving laterals.
- [Elyria-Swansea](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/elyria-swansea) Old clay laterals threading between rail, industry, and housing.
- [Five Points](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/five-points) Some of the oldest clay tile in the city, with heavy root pressure.
- [Globeville](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/globeville) Early industrial-era clay lines with unusual grade and fill conditions.
- [Lincoln Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/lincoln-park) Some of the oldest ground west of downtown, with clay laterals in disturbed fill.
- [North Capitol Hill](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/north-capitol-hill) Dense early blocks where laterals run under paved alleys and busy streets.
- [Overland](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/overland) Low ground by the Platte where water and bedding shape every excavation.
- [RiNo](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/rino) Historic clay under buildings now converted to new and heavier uses.
- [Whittier](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/whittier) Clay laterals to alley mains under a full canopy of mature trees.

## Streetcar era, 1920s to 1945

- [Berkeley](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/berkeley) Deep lots, long laterals, and bellies from uneven fill.
- [Congress Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/congress-park) Clay and cast iron under a dense, established tree canopy.
- [Highlands](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/highlands) Clay to cast iron transition on long streetcar-era lots.
- [Hilltop](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/hilltop) Large lots, long runs, and rebuilt houses sitting on original pipe.
- [Jefferson Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/jefferson-park) Older laterals under rapid redevelopment and heavy construction traffic.
- [LoHi](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/lohi) Mixed-material laterals under blocks rebuilt around original lines.
- [Montclair](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/montclair) Wide parkways and long street run laterals under full size trees.
- [Park Hill](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/park-hill) Long laterals under wide parkways and full-size street trees.
- [Platt Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/platt-park) South Pearl bungalow blocks with alley run clay and cast iron.
- [Regis](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/regis) Northwest blocks where streetcar era clay meets postwar fiber.
- [Skyland](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/skyland) Golf course edge blocks where root pressure never gets a dry season.
- [Sloan's Lake](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/sloans-lake) Bellied sections tied to high groundwater near the lake basin.
- [Sunnyside](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/sunnyside) Clay and cast iron mixed block to block near the rail corridor.
- [University Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/university-park) Several build periods within a few blocks, so material varies lot to lot.
- [Washington Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/washington-park) Deep lots with long runs and heavy landscape restoration stakes.
- [West Highland](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/west-highland) Streetcar-era laterals with mature parkway trees over the run.

## Post-war era, 1945 to 1972

- [Athmar Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/athmar-park) Classic post-war tract construction with fiber-era sewer work.
- [Barnum](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/barnum) Post-war fiber pipe reaching the end of its rated life.
- [Bear Valley](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/bear-valley) Curving streets with driveways sitting over the route to the main.
- [Chaffee Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/chaffee-park) North Denver blocks sitting on the seam between clay and fiber.
- [Cory-Merrill](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/cory-merrill) Rebuilt houses connected to the lateral that was already there.
- [Harvey Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/harvey-park) Mid-century subdivisions with long fiber runs under lawn.
- [Mayfair](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/mayfair) Post-war infill where fiber and clay sit on the same street.
- [Northeast Park Hill](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/northeast-park-hill) Postwar pipe under trees planted with the original build.
- [Ruby Hill](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/ruby-hill) Sloped lots where fiber pipe failure shows up as grade problems.
- [University Hills](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/university-hills) Tract built blocks with long fiber runs and no alleys.
- [Villa Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/villa-park) Fiber laterals with recurring blockages in the same section.
- [Virginia Village](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/virginia-village) Dense post-war blocks with fiber laterals of the same vintage.
- [Westwood](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/westwood) Compact lots with shallow laterals under working alleys.

## Modern era, 1972 onward

- [Central Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/central-park) Modern PVC laterals on redeveloped ground with new bedding.
- [Green Valley Ranch](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/green-valley-ranch) Newer subdivisions where settlement outranks material failure.
- [Hampden South](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/hampden-south) Condominium ground where the ownership boundary is the first question.
- [Lowry](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/lowry) Redevelopment-era plastic laterals tying into older infrastructure.
- [Marston](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/marston) Subdivision ground where settlement and impact cause the backups.
- [Montbello](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/montbello) Later-era laterals with legacy tie-ins on the older blocks.
- [Southmoor Park](https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods/southmoor-park) The changeover years, where the last fiber meets the first plastic.

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Source: https://www.denversewerandwater.com/neighborhoods