Elmore County, AL
The federal environmental record for Elmore County (population 90,441): 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
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Elmore 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ECLECTIC WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD AL0000533 | PFBA: 6.8 ng/L PFOS: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| FRIENDSHIP WATER WORKS AL0000537 | PFOS: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| MILLBROOK UTILITIES AL0000539 | PFBS: 65 ng/L PFPeA: 23.2 ng/L PFOS: 18.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| HOLTVILLE WATER SYSTEM AL0000540 | PFBS: 62 ng/L PFPeA: 31 ng/L PFHxA: 18 ng/L | above final limit |
| TALLASSEE WATER WORKS AL0000548 | PFOS: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| TRI COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM AL0000549 | PFBS: 73 ng/L PFPeA: 27 ng/L PFOA: 19 ng/L | above final limit |
| WETUMPKA WATER WORKS & SEWER BOARD AL0000551 | PFBS: 82 ng/L PFPeA: 30 ng/L PFOS: 29 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Elmore filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.7M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEPTUNE TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC | TALLASSEE | Copper, Zinc compounds | 1.7M lb |
| LENNOX AES-TALLASSEE | TALLASSEE | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), Manganese | 42k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 243 tank facilities in Elmore: 224 tanks in service and 462 closed. 64 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Elmore 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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