The Northwest Lakewood Sanitation District was organized in 1954 and approved by the District Court of Jefferson County on July 26, 1954, under what is now known as the Special District Act.
The Northwest Lakewood Sanitation District encompasses an area of approximately six (6) square miles within Lakewood, Wheat Ridge, and unincorporated Jefferson County. The District is generally located between 38th Avenue (north side), 10th Avenue (south side), Kipling Street (east side) and I-70 (west side). There are properties outside of these general boundaries, including some property west of I-70, south of 6th Avenue and east of Kipling (see map).
Serving both residential and commercial properties, the District’s sanitary sewer collection system includes over 65 miles of sewer pipeline and over 1,400 manholes. The District contains approximately 4,000 homes and 500 commercial or multi-dwelling properties, serving in excess of 20,000 people daily. The District has an approximate peak day flow of 2.2 million gallons of wastewater per day.
The District maintained its own treatment plant until September 2004. At that time the plant was shut down and all wastewater treatment was transferred to Metro Water Recovery. The District also assigns one director to the Metro Water Recovery Board of Directors, who work to support its mission to protect the region’s health and environment by cleaning water and recovering resources.
Emergency Contacts
During Business Hours
(8 AM to 5 PM Monday to Friday)
303-987-0835
After Business Hours
877-854-5453
Call 811 or visit Colorado811.org
at least 3 business days before you dig.
811 sends a message to all utilities which service your residence. Utility owners have 2 full business days, not including the day of the request, to respond to your request for locates. Professional locators will respond to mark the location of underground utilities in your dig area.
Contact Procedures – Business & After Hours:
The following systems are in place for contacting someone associated with the District.
During Regular Business Hours
(Monday – Friday, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., except for holidays or during closures):
All contact methods available on the “Contact Us” page.
Outside of Regular Business Hours or When District Personnel are otherwise unavailable or unreachable:
The following process is in place for matters of an emergent nature, which is defined as matters that are urgent and require prompt attention which cannot wait until regular business hours due to the potential to affect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents and property owners in the District or the integrity of the public improvements owned, operated, and/or maintained by the District. Matters of an emergent nature do NOT include emergencies, which should be directed to the appropriate emergency personnel by contacting 9-1-1, or matters which can wait until regular business hours, which should be addressed via any of the methods available on the “Contact Us” page:
District Manager:
Mike Bakarich
2801 Youngfield St., Ste. 370
Golden, CO 80401
303-763-1244 (office)
[email protected]
Overlapping entities:
Jefferson County R-1 School District
West Metro Fire Protection District
Jefferson Conservation District
Jefferson County Law Enforcement Authority
Pleasant View Metropolitan District
Lakewood-West Colfax Business Improvement District
Board members & terms:
Gregory A. “Greg” Fabisiak, President (Term: 2027/May 2027)
Catherine “CiCi” Kesler, Vice President/Treasurer (Term: 2027/May 2027)
James D. “Jim” Zimmerman, Secretary (Term: 2029/May 2029)
Anthony M. Dursey, Assistant Secretary (Term: 2029/May 2029)
George C. Davenport, Assistant Secretary (Term: 2029/May 2029)
Date, Time and Location of Regular Meetings:
Fourth Wednesday of January – December 2026 at 4:00 p.m. at Martin/Martin, Inc., 12499 W. Colfax Avenue, Pikes Peak Conference Room, Lakewood, CO 80215. The meeting is also available virtually via Teams at Meeting ID: 293 053 417 947, Passcode: gmQmf6, or by phone at 303-731-8587,641267873#
Election info:
Please visit the “Elections” page for information.