Macon County, AL
The federal environmental record for Macon County (population 18,370): 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
0
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Macon 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MACON COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AL0000867 | PFOA: 4.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| TUSKEGEE UTILITIES BOARD AL0000870 | PFOA: 5.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 106 tank facilities in Macon: 55 tanks in service and 242 closed. 47 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Macon 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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