Etowah County, AL
The federal environmental record for Etowah County (population 103,241): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
29
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Etowah 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GADSDEN WATER WORKS AND SEWER BOARD AL0000577 | PFBS: 155.4 ng/L PFPeA: 56.5 ng/L PFHxA: 34.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| HIGHLAND WATER AUTHORITY AL0000580 | PFBS: 134.3 ng/L PFPeA: 50.8 ng/L PFHxA: 30.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST ETOWAH WATER & FIRE PRO AUTHORITY AL0000582 | PFBS: 120 ng/L PFPeA: 43 ng/L PFHxA: 25 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTHEAST ETOWAH COUNTY WATER CO-OP AL0000587 | PFBS: 140 ng/L PFPeA: 50 ng/L PFHxA: 30 ng/L | above final limit |
| SOUTHSIDE WATER WORKS AL0000591 | PFBS: 50 ng/L PFPeA: 25 ng/L PFHxA: 14 ng/L | above final limit |
| SARDIS CITY WATER BOARD AL0000947 | PFBA: 13 ng/L PFHxA: 7.3 ng/L PFOA: 5.6 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Etowah filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KOCH FOODS OF GADSDEN | GADSDEN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Hydrogen sulfide | 1.3M lb |
| KEYSTONE FOODS LLC - ALABAMA DIV | GADSDEN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 39k lb |
| FEHRER AUTOMOTIVE N.A. LLC | GADSDEN | Diethanolamine, Diisocyanates | 24k lb |
| TENNESSEE ALUMINUM PROCESSORS INC | GADSDEN | Zinc compounds, Copper And Copper Compounds | 9k lb |
| GIANT RESOURCE RECOVERY-ATTALLA INC. | ATTALLA | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 885 lb |
| STAMPED PRODUCTS INC | GADSDEN | Manganese | 9 lb |
| TYSON FARMS INC IVALEE FEED MILL | ATTALLA | - | 0 lb |
| HEIDELBERG MATERIALS SOUTHEAST AGG LLC - RAINBOW CITY PLANT | RAINBOW CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
| KOCH FARMS OF GADSDEN LLC | ATTALLA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 394 tank facilities in Etowah: 270 tanks in service and 841 closed. 150 fuel releases are on record, of which 29 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Etowah 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Etowah, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ETOWAH COUNTY (RIDGEVILLE) LANDFILLGADSDEN
- GLENCOE BATTERY CO. AKA H.D. POLLARDGLENCOE
- ODESSA STREET DRUM SITEGADSDEN
- TECHTRIX, INCGADSDEN