Chambers County, AL
The federal environmental record for Chambers County (population 34,079): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
13
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chambers 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HUGULEY WATER AUTHORITY AL0000177 | PFBA: 8.5 ng/L PFPeA: 7.6 ng/L PFHxA: 6.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| EAST ALABAMA WATER & FIRE PRO DISTRICT AL0000174 | PFPeA: 5.3 ng/L PFHxA: 4.3 ng/L PFBS: 3.9 ng/L | detected |
| LAFAYETTE WATER WORKS, AL AL0000178 | PFBA: 6.4 ng/L | detected |
| LANETT WATER WORKS AL0000179 | PFBS: 8.6 ng/L PFBA: 5 ng/L PFPeA: 5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Chambers filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 386k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNAUF INSULATION INC. | LANETT | Ammonia, Manganese | 293k lb |
| WEST FRASER HUGULEY | LANETT | Propionaldehyde, Acetaldehyde | 93k lb |
| EAST ALABAMA LUMBER CO INC. | LAFAYETTE | Lead | 113 lb |
| ALA-GA WOOD PRESERVING CO | LAFAYETTE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 160 tank facilities in Chambers: 96 tanks in service and 358 closed. 49 fuel releases are on record, of which 13 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chambers as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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.
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