On Jun. 15, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) set new interim lifetime health advisories for four PFAS (Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) chemicals in drinking water. A health advisory serves as guidance before the EPA develops a regulation. It is a level, or minimum concentration, at which negative health effects may occur over a lifetime of […]
Drinking water
Go fish! Black Lakes stocked
Black Lakes near Vail Pass stocked with trout for the second time this year On Jul. 21 the two Black Lakes located adjacent to Interstate 70 near the Vail Pass exit were stocked with more than 2,000 9- to 14-inch long rainbow trout. The Eagle River Water & Sanitation District stocks the lakes twice per […]
Water main installation at W Beaver Creek Blvd and Millies Ln in Avon
Jun. 10, Update Work in W Beaver Creek Blvd is complete and the road is open to traffic. Jun. 3, Pedestrian and vehicular traffic to be impacted Work to install a new water main at the intersection of Millies Ln and W Beaver Creek Blvd in Avon will begin on June 6 and continue […]
Emergency water outage near W. Beaver Creek Blvd. in Avon
8:30 p.m., Dec. 9, 2021, final update Water service was restored to all buildings at 7:10 p.m. today. Backfill of the excavation site and cleanup activities will continue through Dec. 10. 5:30 p.m., Dec. 9, 2021, update A lengthy excavation continued today as the pipe was unusually deep and the dig was complicated by […]
Middle Creek Village Apartments planned outage
Planned water service outage at Middle Creek Village Apartments on Nov. 17 A planned Nov. 17 water main valve replacement on South Frontage Rd. will cause a temporary interruption of water service at Middle Creek Village Apartments on North Frontage Rd. The temporary water service outage will start no earlier than 8 a.m. and is […]
Water system maintenance in Avon starts Oct. 27
Minor impacts to bus stop, sidewalk access, and traffic on Hwy. 6 and W. Beaver Creek Blvd. Work to repair a water valve at the intersection of U.S. Highway 6 and W. Beaver Creek Blvd. in Avon begins Oct. 27 and is scheduled through Nov. 5. The bus stop will be temporarily relocated just west […]
Oct. 23 Water main break in East Vail
12:25 p.m., Oct. 30, 2021, FINAL UPDATE Water service has been restored to all buildings. Please see information below about entrapped air or sediment and how to flush your lines. 7:50 a.m., Oct. 30, 2021, update Water service was restored at 7:45 a.m. today. All affected properties except Gore Creek Place, Building E, have […]
ERWSD and UERWA boards of directors support Ballot Question 7A
ERWSD and UERWA board chairs: Vote yes on Ballot Question 7A to fund West Slope water Water boards adopt Resolution in support of Colorado River District’s Ballot Question 7A What is water security worth to you? As citizens of Eagle County, we all know that […]
Daybreak Ridge Rd. properties: turn off outdoor water until June 11 due to water main repair
June 9, 2020 – 3:15 p.m. FINAL UPDATE The repair is complete on Daybreak Ridge Rd. and water service has been restored to all properties. Properties on Daybreak Ridge Rd. between Elk Horn and Strawberry Park Rd. should keep irrigation systems off until Thursday, June 11, to allow time for area water storage tanks to […]
Water district & authority file joint COVID-19 related emergency declaration
Administrative procedure can help facilitate access to funding, other resources. Eagle River Water & Sanitation District General Manager Linn Brooks executed an order Friday (3-13) declaring a local disaster emergency in and for the Eagle River Water & Sanitation District and Upper Eagle Regional Water Authority service areas, effective immediately. The executive action is […]
