Lee County, AL
The federal environmental record for Lee County (population 183,215): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
5
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
38
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lee 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BEULAH UTILITIES DISTRICT AL0000180 | PFOA: 8.8 ng/L PFBA: 7.7 ng/L PFOS: 6.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| AUBURN WATER WORKS AL0000804 | PFOA: 12 ng/L PFHpA: 3 ng/L | above final limit |
| LOACHAPOKA WATER AUTHORITY AL0000814 | PFOA: 16 ng/L PFPeA: 5.3 ng/L PFHpA: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| OPELIKA UTILITIES AL0000816 | PFOA: 11 ng/L PFPeA: 6.4 ng/L PFOS: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| SMITHS WATER AND SEWER AUTHORITY AL0000820 | PFOS: 6.3 ng/L PFPeA: 6.2 ng/L PFOA: 5.9 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Lee filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 24k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GE AEROSPACE AUBURN | AUBURN | Cobalt, Chromium | 24k lb |
| DONALDSON CO INC | AUBURN | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 209 lb |
| DUDLEY LUMBER CO | SALEM | Lead | 74 lb |
| BRIGGS & STRATTON LLC | AUBURN | Lead And Lead Compounds, Copper | 48 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-AUBURN FACILITY | AUBURN | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-OPELIKA PLANT | OPELIKA | - | 0 lb |
| HEIDELBERG MATERIALS SOUTHEAST AGG LLC - TWIN CITY PLANT | AUBURN | Lead | 0 lb |
| ARGOS AUBURN CONCRETE PLANT | AUBURN | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 316 tank facilities in Lee: 307 tanks in service and 585 closed. 160 fuel releases are on record, of which 38 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lee 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 Lee, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- MID-STATE ELECTRIC MOTOR SERVICE, INC.OPELIKA