DeKalb County, AL
The federal environmental record for DeKalb County (population 72,569): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving DeKalb 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COLLINSVILLE WATER WORKS AL0000506 | PFOA: 52.5 ng/L PFHpA: 6.9 ng/L PFHxA: 6.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTHEAST ALABAMA WATER SYSTEM AL0001422 | PFOA: 11.9 ng/L PFBA: 11.3 ng/L PFHpA: 7.6 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in DeKalb filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 603k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| JCG FOODS OF ALABAMA LLC | COLLINSVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 485k lb |
| BLUESCOPE BUILDINGS N.A. INC | RAINSVILLE | Certain glycol ethers, Chromium | 37k lb |
| MORIROKU TECHNOLOGY NORTH AMERICAN INC. - RAINSVILLE | RAINSVILLE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 29k lb |
| PLASMAN | FORT PAYNE | Toluene, 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 26k lb |
| NUCOR CORP VULCRAFT DIV | FORT PAYNE | Certain glycol ethers, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 23k lb |
| SIEMENS ENERGY INC | FORT PAYNE | Styrene, Copper | 2k lb |
| APPLETON GROUP LLC | RAINSVILLE | Diisocyanates, Styrene | 1k lb |
| PLASTEX MATTING INC | FORT PAYNE | Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP) | 250 lb |
| THE HEIL CO | FORT PAYNE | Manganese | 186 lb |
| VALLEY JOIST | FORT PAYNE | Manganese, Chromium | 104 lb |
| VALLEY JOIST | FORT PAYNE | Manganese, Nickel | 19 lb |
| R & M MACHINE SHOP INC. | FYFFE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 241 tank facilities in DeKalb: 202 tanks in service and 534 closed. 62 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps DeKalb as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 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.
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