El Paso County, CO
The federal environmental record for El Paso County (population 744,215): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
22
TRI facilities
22
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving El Paso with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| CHEROKEE MD CO0121125 | PFPeA: 19.8 ng/L PFHxA: 17.6 ng/L PFBS: 7.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| WIDEFIELD WSD CO0121900 | PFHxA: 140.6 ng/L PFPeA: 108.9 ng/L PFBA: 42 ng/L | above final limit |
| FOUNTAIN CITY OF CO0121275 | PFPeA: 76.7 ng/L PFHxA: 50.8 ng/L PFBA: 33.8 ng/L | detected |
| SECURITY WSD CO0121775 | PFPeA: 63.6 ng/L PFBA: 35.4 ng/L PFHxA: 6.7 ng/L | detected |
| STRATMOOR HILLS WSD CO0121800 | PFHxA: 42 ng/L PFPeA: 27 ng/L PFBA: 16.1 ng/L | detected |
| WOODMOOR WSD CO0121950 | PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
22 facilities in El Paso filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.0M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES MARTIN DRAKE POWER PLANT | COLORADO SPRINGS | Asbestos (friable), Copper And Copper Compounds | 1.3M lb |
| US ARMY FORT CARSON (CANTONMENT) | FORT CARSON | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Copper | 482k lb |
| COLORADO SPRINGS UTILITIES RAY NIXON POWER PLANT | FOUNTAIN | Vanadium compounds, Barium And Barium Compounds | 174k lb |
| ATMEL CORP | COLORADO SPRINGS | Ammonia, Ozone | 46k lb |
| KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES | COLORADO SPRINGS | Nitric acid | 23k lb |
| ELECTRONICS METAL FINISHING CORP | COLORADO SPRINGS | Nickel | 6k lb |
| SINTON DAIRY FOODS CO LLC | COLORADO SPRINGS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 3k lb |
| INNOVAFLEX | COLORADO SPRINGS | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Certain glycol ethers | 2k lb |
| HOLCIM WCR INC CS-EAST READY MIX PLANT | COLORADO SPRINGS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 446 lb |
| HOLCIM WCR INC CS-NORTH READY MIX PLANT | COLORADO SPRINGS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 357 lb |
| HOLCIM WCR INC CS-MAIN READY MIX PLANT | COLORADO SPRINGS | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 230 lb |
| MANSTONE LLC | COLORADO SPRINGS | Styrene | 186 lb |
| US DOD USAF ACADEMY | U S A F ACADEMY | Lead | 140 lb |
| SCHLAGE LOCK CO LLC | SECURITY | Copper, Nickel | 32 lb |
| MARTIN MARIETTA - CAPITAL FACILITY | COLORADO SPRINGS | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lb |
| MARTIN MARIETTA - HWY 85 FACILITY | COLORADO SPRINGS | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 1 lb |
| BURNCO COLORADO LLC - COLORADO SPRINGS (620) | COLORADO SPRINGS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| FRONTGRADE COLORADO SPRINGS LLC | COLORADO SPRINGS | - | 0 lb |
| SMYRNA READY MIX CONCRETE LLC - HIGHWAY 85 READY | COLORADO SPRINGS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| SMYRNA READY MIX CONCRETE LLC - CAPITAL READY MIX | COLORADO SPRINGS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| PAVESTONE - COLORADO SPRINGS CO PLANT | FOUNTAIN | Lead | 0 lb |
| BURNCO COLORADO LLC - COLORADO SPRINGS (621) | COLORADO SPRINGS | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 1,057 tank facilities in El Paso: 745 tanks in service and 2,043 closed. 780 fuel releases are on record, of which 22 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps El Paso as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for El Paso, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HQ FORT CARSON, 7TH ID DECAMFORT CARSON
- NORTH CIRCLE CLNRSCOLORADO SPRINGS
- SHRIEVER AFS TRANSFORMER STORAGE AREACOLORADO SPRINGS
- US AIR FORCE ACADEMYUSAFA
- WIDEFIELD PCESECURITY