Colbert County, AL
The federal environmental record for Colbert County (population 58,361): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
18
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Colbert 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COLBERT COUNTY RURAL WATER SYSTEM AL0000314 | PFBA: 37.7 ng/L PFOS: 29.5 ng/L PFOA: 19.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| HAWK PRIDE MT WATER SYSTEM AL0000316 | PFOS: 9.2 ng/L PFHxA: 7.6 ng/L PFBA: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| LITTLEVILLE WATERWORKS AL0000320 | PFOS: 17 ng/L PFBA: 9.2 ng/L PFOA: 7.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| MUSCLE SHOALS UTILITY BOARD AL0000321 | PFOS: 16.8 ng/L PFBA: 12 ng/L PFOA: 9.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| SHEFFIELD UTILITIES DEPARTMENT AL0000327 | PFOS: 20 ng/L PFOA: 13 ng/L PFBA: 12 ng/L | above final limit |
| SPRING VALLEY WATER AUTHORITY AL0000329 | PFOS: 19 ng/L PFOA: 11 ng/L PFBS: 9 ng/L | above final limit |
| TUSCUMBIA WATER WORKS AL0000331 | PFBA: 9.3 ng/L PFBS: 7.2 ng/L PFOS: 6.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Colbert filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 908k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LSB CHEMICAL LLC | CHEROKEE | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 681k lb |
| WISE ALLOYS LLC - ALLOYS PLANT | MUSCLE SHOALS | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ethylene glycol | 94k lb |
| ESSITY PROFESSIONAL HYGIENE NA BARTON OPERATIONS | CHEROKEE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Formic acid | 87k lb |
| WISE ALLOYS-ALABAMA RECLAMATION PLANT | MUSCLE SHOALS | Ammonia, Manganese | 19k lb |
| MID-SOUTH CENTRAL EXTRUSION DIE | MUSCLE SHOALS | Ammonia, Methanol | 14k lb |
| MESSER LLC | CHEROKEE | Ammonia | 5k lb |
| NORTH AMERICAN LIGHTING | MUSCLE SHOALS | Styrene | 4k lb |
| HARCROS CHEMICALS INC | MUSCLE SHOALS | Chlorine | 1k lb |
| GREAT SOUTHERN WOOD - TUSCUMBIA INC. | TUSCUMBIA | Copper And Copper Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 545 lb |
| FLEXCO CORP | TUSCUMBIA | Zinc compounds | 501 lb |
| U.S. TVA MUSCLE SHOALS | MUSCLE SHOALS | Chromium, Lead | 116 lb |
| OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP | MUSCLE SHOALS | Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC - TUSCUMBIA PLANT | TUSCUMBIA | - | 0 lb |
| PILGRIM'S PRIDE RUSSELLVILLE (TUSCUMBIA) FEED MILL | TUSCUMBIA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 257 tank facilities in Colbert: 165 tanks in service and 586 closed. 73 fuel releases are on record, of which 18 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Colbert as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Colbert, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- STAR PLATINGMUSCLE SHOALS
- TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTERMUSCLE SHOALS
- TVA - MUSCLE SHOALS MAINTENANCE FACILITY (ESS)MUSCLE SHOALS
- TVA COLBERT COMBUSTION TURBINE PLANTTUSCUMBIA
- US TVA FHC REGIONAL OFFICEMUSCLE SHOALS
- US TVA MUSCLE SHOALSMUSCLE SHOALS
- US TVA MUSCLE SHOALSMUSCLE SHOALS