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Counties serviced by this office:

Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Eagle, Garfield, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Mesa, Mineral, Moffat, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, Pitkin, Rio Blanco, Routt, San Juan, San Miguel

Cities serviced by this office:

Almont, Arboles, Aspen, Austin, Basalt, Battlement Mesa, Bayfield, Bedrock, Cahone, Carbondale, Cedaredge, Chimney Rock, Chromo, Cimarron, Clark, Clifton, Collbran, Cortez, Cory, Craig, Crawford, Creede, Crested Butte, De Beque, Delta, Dinosaur, Dolores, Dove Creek, Durango, Eckert, Egnar, Fruita, Gateway, Glade Park, Glenwood Springs, Grand Junction, Gunnison, Hamilton, Hayden, Hesperus, Hotchkiss, Ignacio, Lake City, Lazear, Lewis, Loma, Mack, Maher, Mancos, Marvel, Maybell, Meeker, Meredith, Mesa, Mesa Verde National Park, Molina, Montrose, Naturita, New Castle, Norwood, Nucla, Oak Creek, Ohio City, Olathe, Ophir, Ouray, Pagosa Springs, Palisade, Paonia, Parachute, Paradox, Parlin, Phippsburg, Pitkin, Placerville, Pleasant View, Powderhorn, Rangely, Redvale, Rico, Ridgway, Rifle, Silt, Silverton, Slater, Snowmass, Snowmass Village, Somerset, Steamboat Springs, Telluride, Toponas, Towaoc, Whitewater, Woody Creek, Yampa, Yellow Jacket

Zip codes serviced by this office:

80428, 80467, 80469, 80477, 80479, 80483, 80487, 80488, 81121, 81122, 81127, 81128, 81130, 81137, 81147, 81157, 81210, 81220, 81224, 81225, 81230, 81231, 81235, 81237, 81239, 81241, 81243, 81247, 81301, 81302, 81303, 81320, 81321, 81323, 81324, 81325, 81326, 81327, 81328, 81329, 81330, 81331, 81332, 81334, 81335, 81401, 81402, 81403, 81410, 81411, 81413, 81414, 81415, 81416, 81418, 81419, 81420, 81421, 81422, 81423, 81424, 81425, 81426, 81427, 81428, 81429, 81430, 81431, 81432, 81433, 81434, 81435, 81501, 81502, 81503, 81504, 81505, 81506, 81507, 81520, 81521, 81522, 81523, 81524, 81525, 81526, 81527, 81601, 81602, 81610, 81611, 81612, 81615, 81621, 81623, 81624, 81625, 81626, 81630, 81633, 81635, 81636, 81638, 81639, 81640, 81641, 81642, 81643, 81646, 81647, 81648, 81650, 81652, 81653, 81654, 81656

Company Profile & Personnel:

The American Leak Detection Organization, with over 345 branch offices, has provided water & gas leak detection services world wide for over 35 years.  A listing of recent local customers can be provided upon request.  In 2006 and each year since, American Leak Detection of Western Colorado has accurately located over 1,100 leaks each year on municipal, rural and private water and gas systems in the Rocky Mountain region totaling over 25 million gallons per day of leakage.

Our Chief Specialist, Owner & Operator of American Leak Detection of Western Colorado, Fred Grutzmacher, brings his detection background of over 20 years locating leaks on every continent except Antarctica.  Fred is an active member of the American Water Works Association, the Colorado Rural Water Association, Wyoming Rural Water, as well as other professional organizations. He has provided continuing education credit training classes for Colorado Rural Water Association at the yearly Fall Conference in Grand Junction, CO.

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