Military Base Contamination in Colorado
5 installations in Colorado are profiled on this site for documented environmental contamination. Each page covers what was found, the cleanup status, and the health concerns for those who served there.
Air Force Plant PJKS
A former Air Force Titan missile assembly and test plant in Jefferson County, Colorado, now an EPA Superfund cleanup site.
Peterson Space Force Base
Peterson Space Force Base near Colorado Springs, where decades of firefighting foam use have been associated with PFAS in area drinking water.
Rocky Flats Plant
Rocky Flats Plant in Colorado made plutonium nuclear-weapon components and left documented radioactive and chemical contamination.
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Rocky Mountain Arsenal, a former Army chemical weapons and pesticide manufacturing site near Denver, was placed on the EPA Superfund list in 1987 amid concerns about solvents, heavy metals, and pesticide contamination.
U.S. Army Pueblo Chemical Depot
A former U.S. Army chemical-weapons storage depot in Pueblo County, Colorado, with documented contamination concerns and ongoing groundwater cleanup.