Boulder, CO
Environmental data for Boulder in Colorado
Boulder, CO is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 19 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 33/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 440.1K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 49 and a peak AQI of 154 in 2024, with 58% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 212 (58%) | 144 | 9 | 154 |
| 2023 | 192 (53%) | 167 | 4 | 181 |
| 2022 | 224 (61%) | 134 | 7 | 129 |
| 2021 | 154 (42%) | 176 | 32 | 160 |
| 2020 | 173 (47%) | 172 | 19 | 181 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For detailed air quality monitoring data, pollutant breakdowns, and metro-level AQI trends, see Air Quality in Colorado on PlainAirData.
TRI Facilities (19)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Micro Motion Inc. | 202.5K lbs |
| 2 | Corden Pharma Colorado Inc | 136.3K lbs |
| 3 | Circle Graphics Inc | 47.3K lbs |
| 4 | Cemex Construction Materials South LLC | 21.1K lbs |
| 5 | Corden Pharma Colorado Sterling Drive | 14.5K lbs |
| 6 | Lexmark International Inc | 11.9K lbs |
| 7 | Agilent Technologies Boulder Co | 4.0K lbs |
| 8 | Dieterich Standard Inc | 1.4K lbs |
| 9 | Dharmacon Inc | 1.1K lbs |
| 10 | Western Foundries Inc | 128 lbs |
| 11 | National Institute of Standard&technology Boulder | 27 lbs |
| 12 | Matheson Trigas Longmont Co Branch | 8 lbs |
| 13 | Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC - Rock Creek Ready Mix | 2 lbs |
| 14 | Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC - Valmont Ready Mix | 2 lbs |
| 15 | Arcosa Esc Boulder | 1 lbs |
| 16 | Kryptane Systems | 0 lbs |
| 17 | Ready Mixed Concrete Co Plant 14 | 0 lbs |
| 18 | Mks Instruments Inc Hps Pro Ducts Div | 0 lbs |
| 19 | Boulder Ready-Mix | 0 lbs |
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
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