Denver Water replacement programs
Compare verified public-side and private-side coverage, eligibility rules, and application friction for Denver Water.
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Lead Reduction Program
Public side: yes when replacement is discovered during water main work or program coordination
Private side: yes customer-owned lead service line is replaced with copper at no direct charge
Income rules: no published income screen
Property rules: customer-owned lead service lines in the service area are replaced through neighborhood scheduling and consent
Contractor rules: Denver Water or its contractors perform the replacement
Deadline: No fixed deadline published
Verification: Verified 2026-04-04 / verified
Lead Service Line Replacement Reimbursement
Public side: only if street portion is also replaced when lead
Private side: partial reimbursement for owner-managed replacement
Income rules: no published income screen
Property rules: property owner must apply in advance and property cannot be on the current or next-year schedule
Contractor rules: owner-managed contractor replacement must satisfy Denver Water reimbursement rules
Deadline: No fixed deadline published
Verification: Verified 2026-04-04 / verified
Before you apply
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Program count
2 verified program record(s)
Lead Reduction Program, Lead Service Line Replacement Reimbursement
Public/private split
Coverage differs by program and side of line
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Address confirmation path
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Notice and inventory context
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Step
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Step
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Coverage cautions
Coverage caution
Coverage can diverge sharply between public-side and private-side replacement, even inside the same program.
Coverage caution
Income, property, and contractor rules can block a program that otherwise sounds broad.
Route-level evidence behind the local support paths.
Denver Water says its address map can show whether a home is one of the estimated 60000 to 64000 homes with a possible lead service line and publishes a longer replacement outlook from 2026 to 2031.
Denver Water says customers with identified possible lead service lines will be notified before neighborhood replacement work and that the inventory is built from records tests and inspections.
https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-quality/lead/lead-service-lines
Denver Water says the Lead Reduction Program replaces customer-owned lead service lines with copper at no direct charge on the utility schedule and requires owner consent before work proceeds.
https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-quality/lead/lead-service-line-replacement-program
Denver Water says approved off-schedule replacements can receive a one-time $3800 reimbursement if the property is not on the current or next-year schedule and the owner uses the separate reimbursement workflow.
https://www.denverwater.org/your-water/water-quality/lead/lead-service-line-reimbursement