Did You Know:
- Annually, Arvada residents use 5 billion gallons of water
- Most toilets flush in the key of E flat
- The City relies on over 1,000 vehicles and motorized equipment, many of which are specialty in nature, in order to provide the many services to the residents; these services include police services, snow removal, street, water, sewer, stormwater, parks, and golf course maintenance
- The City spends $5 million a year replacing worn out water and sewer mains
- The City sends out 200,000 utility bills a year
- The water system’s performance is continuously checked 24 hours a day / 365 days a year with a state of the art monitoring system
- Annually, Arvada residents and businesses invest about $135 million in property and building improvements
- There is the same amount of water on Earth as there was when the Earth was formed. The water from your faucet could contain molecules that dinosaurs drank
- Water is the only substance found on earth naturally in three forms: solid, liquid and gas
- Water boils quicker in Denver, Colorado than in New York City
- Only 3% of Earth’s water is fresh water. 97% of the water on Earth is salt water