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Louviers manager reports radium treatment success but $6.5M mainline funding gap
Summary
Leviers/Louviers (transcribed variously) reported removal from an enforcement order after installing a radium ion‑exchange system, near‑completion of a $130,000 meter replacement and a $6.5 million shortfall on a mainline replacement needed for emergency and renewable supply connections.
Sarah Shepherd, introduced as the district manager for Levere/Louviers, told the commission her district completed a radium ion‑exchange treatment system and has been removed from an enforcement order; it is now on an annual monitoring schedule. "We completed our radium ion exchange treatment system just last year," Shepherd said, and added that the community was recently taken off an enforcement order and moved to one‑time‑per‑year monitoring.
Shepherd described a near‑complete meter replacement project of roughly $130,000 funded in part by the Colorado Water Conservation Board; she said the district has replaced all but a handful of meters and is already seeing benefits in leak detection and customer reporting.
The district manager outlined a larger water distribution mainline replacement that remains underfunded by about $6.5 million. Shepherd said the district has secured certain federal and county grants (including an EPA grant of about $1,000,000 expected to be funded this fall) and has been applying for state and federal programs to close the gap. She stressed the benefits of regional partnerships, emergency interconnections and the need to coordinate with Dominion and county partners for wastewater and lift‑station solutions.
Shepherd and Matt Collin said the district is exploring intergovernmental agreements for emergency water and possible partnerships that would spread benefits regionally. Presenters emphasized the role recent emergencies, including a summer fire that threatened the lagoon and prompted evacuations, played in raising urgency for the projects.
Commissioners asked about taps (the district reported 113 taps) and the presence or absence of in‑town wastewater treatment (the district uses a lagoon and chlorination and has a force main to an application site). The meeting record shows several inconsistent spellings of the community name in the transcript ("Levere," "Levere's," "Laveres," "Louviers"); the district identified itself orally in this meeting and provided maps and slide materials that presenters agreed to make available to the commission.
Presenters acknowledged the remaining funding gap and said they will continue applying for grants and exploring regional funding and rate options.
