Akron, Colorado | Public Works Departments:
The 2025 Electronics Recycling Event will be held on Wednesday, May 14, 2025, from 3:00 - 6:00 pm at Town Hall. This will be the last event we host as we take electronics year round during our business hours. The flyer and other pertinent details are below under the Sanitation section.
2025 Utility Letter 02.01.25 This letter has a detailed discussion explaining rate increases, as well as water violations and operations.
2025 Town of Akron Utility Rate Relief Program
WATER & WASTEWATER:
- Provides operation, maintenance, and servicing of the water treatment distribution system, wastewater management, and ensures safe water and protection of public health and the environment.
Water Quality Reports for Akron
- Current Year Drinking Water Quality Report
Town of Akron Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)
Consumer Confidence Report - 2024: Issued 06/01/2024 for calendar year 2023
- Previous Year Drinking Water Quality Reports
Town of Akron Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)
Consumer Confidence Report - 2023
Consumer Confidence Report - 2022
Consumer Confidence Report - 2021
Consumer Confidence Report - 2020
Consumer Confidence Report - 2019
Consumer Confidence Report - 2018
- BULK WATER AVAILABLE | $20.00 PER 1,000 GALLONS Call the Town of Akron at (970) 345-2624 to set up an account.
STREETS:
- Provides construction, maintenance, and repairs of streets, alleys, sidewalks, rights-of-way, parking lots, bridges, diversion structures, storm drain systems, and irrigation ditches, performs snow removal and street cleaning, heavy equipment operation, as well as maintenance and inventory of fleet vehicles and equipment.
- 2025 Sidewalk Replacement Guidelines & Application - Applications are due February 28, 2025 and repairs must be completed in 2025.
SANITATION:
- Provides routine garbage collection within the town limits for commercial and residential applications. Special collections are available, call Town Hall for more information (970) 345-2624.
- Trash Map Schedule
MONDAY: Green TUESDAY: Pinkish Red WEDNESDAY: Purple THURSDAY: Blue
- On the day of your route, please have your trash out by 7:00 AM.
- Standardized cans required: see letter for details Standardized Can Required Letter
- Only using standardized cans, no throw cans
- No trash outside of cans will be disposed of unless you have called in advance to verify the extra charges for this service
- Grass clippings and yard waste must go in cans, or you can take these to our free tree dump
- If your trash day is on a holiday and the Town of Akron is closed, please have see the attached 2025 TRASH CALENDAR for the modified route schedule.
- Landfill maintained by Washington County. Please see the link for details. *Added fees may apply if the town of Akron collects extra items.
- FREE TREE DUMP
Tree branches, grass clippings, and natural materials ONLY!!! NO palettes and furniture! Located East on Highway 34, South on County Road DD, through the draw, and is on the East side. - Electronics Recycling | Accepted at the Town of Akron all year long. Fees Apply. Yearly event held in the Spring.
PARKS:
- Provides maintenance; construction; and repairs of; parks, playgrounds, open spaces, and municipal buildings.
- See Park Rules
SEASONAL NOTES:
- This summer, the Town of Akron, Public Works Department will be conducting various maintenance services throughout the town.
- Mosquito spraying has already begun for the 2024 season. The entire town and the golf course facility will be sprayed once a week, either on Tuesday or Thursday, depending on the weather. Spraying starts between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM and is typically completed by 10:30 PM.
- 10.01.24 MOSQUITO SPRAYING HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.
- 10.01.24 MOSQUITO SPRAYING HAS BEEN CONCLUDED.
- Additionally, road maintenance projects are underway.
- Weed spraying of the roads is being carried out in a systematic pattern to ensure that every road is treated. North to South roads are being sprayed, traveling from West to East, followed by East to West roads also traveling from West to East. Regular hot patching will begin mid-June.
- On August 12-13th, weather permitting, we will be chip sealing: Delta (4th to 8th), Custer, Adams, and Date Streets (1st to 8th).
- On September 19th, weather permitting, we will be fog sealing: Delta (4th to 8th), Custer, Adams, and Date Streets (1st to 8th).
- Crack filling is scheduled for late September and October, and cold patching will begin in October for winter pothole maintenance.
- Weed spraying of the roads is being carried out in a systematic pattern to ensure that every road is treated. North to South roads are being sprayed, traveling from West to East, followed by East to West roads also traveling from West to East. Regular hot patching will begin mid-June.
- Mosquito spraying has already begun for the 2024 season. The entire town and the golf course facility will be sprayed once a week, either on Tuesday or Thursday, depending on the weather. Spraying starts between 6:30 PM and 7:00 PM and is typically completed by 10:30 PM.