Plumbing for Cimarron Hills homes on Cherokee water and sewer
Cimarron Hills sits about 8.5 miles east of downtown Colorado Springs, an unincorporated community of 19,311 people with its own water and sewer district. The median home here was built in 1996.
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Plumbing in Cimarron Hills runs through Cherokee Metropolitan District, which provides both water and sewer to some 17,945 customers across about 6,300 acres. With a median home built in 1996, most houses here are at the age where water heaters, shutoff valves and sewer laterals start needing attention.
Cherokee water starts in Denver Basin wells
Cherokee Metropolitan District serves mainly Cimarron Hills, and Colorado Public Radio reported that its northern El Paso County pumping station moves water drawn from Denver Basin wells through treatment equipment. That makes the water here different from the mountain-stream supply Colorado Springs Utilities delivers a few miles west, even though the two communities run into each other along the city line.
Because the source is different, we do not assume the soft city number applies. Before recommending a softener or a whole-house filter, we test the water at your tap and show you the result. The same test tells us whether a tankless heater needs a descaling schedule.
Sewer laterals in 1990s subdivisions
Cherokee also runs the sewer. On most systems the pipe from the house to the main is the owner's to maintain, so ask Cherokee for its exact boundary at your address. The Colorado Geological Survey notes that bentonite clays in many populated parts of the Front Range swell up to 20 percent when wet and lists sewer line disruption among the damage. A sag or offset joint catches paper and grease, and backups follow.
Before anyone digs, we run a sewer camera to find the problem and its depth, then clear it with main line cleaning or plan a spot repair on the bad section.
Common jobs
The plumbing calls we get most in Cimarron Hills
Sewer scope before buying a home
Expansive clay and 30 years of settling show up as sags and offset joints.
Basement floor drain backing up
Lateral backups start where paper and grease catch on a bad joint.
How we handle water heater replacement
Homes from the mid-1990s are on their second or third heater.
Seized gate valves
Original gate valves often will not close when needed.
Dishwasher supply and drain
Old saddle valves and supply lines on ice makers and washers fail with age.
Softener installs on well or hard water
Denver Basin well water differs from city water, so testing comes first.
What a 30-year-old house needs next
A home built in 1996 is on its second or third water heater, and its original fixture shutoffs, flappers and fill valves have been working for decades. Typical finds are seized saddle valves on ice maker lines, braided supply lines with bulges, and gate valves at the main that will not close. Swapping those before they fail is a small job next to a flooded basement.
Part of Stetson Hills and Springs Ranch lies inside the Cimarron Hills census area, so neighbors on either side of the city line often share the same build era and the same problems. Our Stetson Hills page covers the city side.
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FAQ
Plumbing questions from Cimarron Hills
No. It is an unincorporated census-designated place of about 19,300 people east of the city, with water and sewer from Cherokee Metropolitan District rather than Colorado Springs Utilities.
Call us any hour. We clear the line from a cleanout and camera it to see where the blockage was. If the problem is in the district main rather than your lateral, we tell you so you can contact Cherokee.
We do not have a published hardness figure for Cherokee water that we trust, and the source is Denver Basin wells rather than mountain streams. That is exactly why we test at your tap before suggesting any treatment.
About 8.5 miles east of downtown Colorado Springs, close in and well inside our service area. Phones are answered 24/7.
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