Denver’s fire training facility at 5440 Roslyn St. has been dumping dangerous “forever chemicals” into the soil, surface water and groundwater, contaminating the South Adams County Water and Sanitation District’s water supply, according to a lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court on Tuesday.
The pollution — per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, better known as PFAS — comes from foam products that firefighters and trainees use to put out fires at the training facility.
The Commerce City-based water district first discovered the chemicals in 2018, and the district has spent “tens of millions” to treat and import water, and to start construction on a new, $80 million water treatment plant. The water is safe for domestic use, according to the complaint — but at a high cost the district wants Denver to help pay…