Pollution in Adams County, Colorado

Adams County contains 755 EPA-regulated facilities, 28 of which are currently flagged for significant noncompliance. The county also hosts 2 Superfund sites and 53 TRI chemical reporters. EPA has assessed $10.0M in lifetime penalties and TRI reporters disclosed roughly 1.3M lb of on-site releases. That facility count is well above the Colorado state average of 99 per county.