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Lowry Landfill is located on 508 acres near the intersection of Quincy Avenue and Gun Club Road in Arapahoe County, just south and west of the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site (DADS).

From the mid-1960s to 1980, the Lowry Landfill was operated as a regional landfill serving the Denver Metro area accepting both solid and industrial waste. In 1984, it was listed as a Superfund site due to the resulting groundwater contamination from industrial waste.

As the two lead parties, the City and County of Denver and Waste Management of Colorado have partnered to operate and maintain the remedy to ensure the community and environment are protected in the future. The process includes researching remediation options, designing, implementing, and operating a successful containment and treatment approach using the latest and most effective environmental technologies available.

A thriving and growing community surrounds the old Lowry Landfill and includes residential communities, businesses, schools, hiking trails, parks, shops, County Fairgrounds, and a golf course.

Home values in the area continue to increase, keeping pace with the surging home values throughout the Denver metro area.

AT A GLANCE

Owner and Operator:
 City and County of Denver and Waste Management of Colorado

Size:
508 acres

County: 
Unincorporated Arapahoe County

Street Address:
3500 S. Gun Club Rd.

State:
Colorado

ZIP Code: 
80018

Lowry Landfill – By the Numbers

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The Site’s gas-to-energy plant removes roughly 5,000 tons of methane annually which is the equivalent to removing 22,000 cars from the road in terms of greenhouse gas.
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The Lowry Landfill plant uses waste gas from both the Lowry Landfill and the Denver Arapahoe Disposal Site to power electricity for approximately 3,000 homes.
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The year Lowry Landfill was listed as a Superfund site. The site has been in maintenance mode for decades.
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More than 500 groundwater monitoring wells that extend to both shallow and deep aquifers are regularly monitored within and outside the site to ensure the community is protected.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has found that there is no public health risk in each of the last three five-year reviews and has completed a risk assessment as well as an amendment to the current 2017 review that finds there is no public health risk and that the remedy at the site is short-term protective.
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Number of real estate sites – Zillow, Trulia, Denver Homes Team – that report no negative impact on home values around the Site. In fact, home values in the area continue to significantly increase, keeping pace with the surging home values throughout the Denver metro area.
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The number one location for information, maps and regulatory reports is online at www.lowrylandfill.com