1 Spring 2022 Community Update Newsletter

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La WATER UPDATE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GENEROSITY & TIME The City's Public Works Department worked seven days a week from December 30 until mid -February to restore water to all homes in Louisville. Safety continues to be the City's top priority and we are grateful to everyone for their patience during this period as we worked to restore safe drinking water. The City's water supply meets or exceeds all drinking water standards and has been safe to use/consume since the Boil Water Order was lifted by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) on January 6. Around 80 homes in severely fire -impacted areas had their water turned off to isolate those areas from the rest of Louisville's water. After extensive sampling, testing and flushing by the Public Works Department over the course of January and February, water was restored to these homes. Continued Testing Although the City's drinking water continues to meet or exceed all regulatory requirements as set by CDPHE and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Public Works Department has decided to continue its testing program during the recovery period and make test results available on the interactive map. If your home is adjacent to a severely fire -affected area and you have vulnerable members of your household, including infants, the elderly, and/or immunocompromised individuals, please feel free to contact the Public Works Department to request individual water testing. This is not mandatory, but the City is offering this free testing to provide peace of mind to residents. To request a test, email MarshallFire@LouisvilleCO.gov or call 720.824.3100. For more details about specific areas and testing results, view the City's interactive map of the sampling locations and results at LouisvilleCO.gov/Recovery under Water Updates. Firefighting Efforts Lead to Boil Water Order During the Marshall Fire, Louisville's water system experienced extreme demand from firefighting efforts. Despite the efforts to keep water pressure up for firefighting, the system continued to lose pressure as fire damaged the system. One of the emergency measures taken to restore pressure to the system was to release untreated Marshall Reservoir water into the distribution systems, which led to the Boil Water Order. To support firefighting efforts, Louisville also connected its system to Superior's water system. Louisville and Superior are no longer connected. Where do we start with our thanks and how do we not leave anyone out? We're working on it, but in the meantime: thank you. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you. In the last two months our city, Superior, and Boulder County have received an overwhelming amount of generosity and support from within our community and beyond. Thank you to all of the first responders for keeping us safe and fighting the fire, the Public Works Team for keeping the water flowing, and thank you to each and every one of you that have helped and continue to help with acts of kindness, donations, and time. We see you and we appreciate you. RECOVERY & REBUILDING RESOURCES The City continues to keep the Marshall Fire Recovery website LouisvilleCO.gov/Recovery (also accessed through LouisvilleCO.gov/MarshallFire) updated with resources and information for residents. While much of the information is for residents who lost their homes, there are also resources and assistance available for all residents. Information includes: • Legal & Financial Assistance • Mental Health Resources • Donation Opportunities As the recovery and rebuilding period progresses, this website will evolve into a source for recovery and rebuilding updates. The City's Marshall Fire Call Center is open Monday - Friday, 9 AM to 3 PM and can be contacted by phone 720.824.3100 or email MarshallFire@LouisvilleCO.gov. See page 10 for Voter Information for Those Displaced by the Marshall Fire. Spring 2022 • Page 3