Tallapoosa County, AL
The federal environmental record for Tallapoosa County (population 40,677): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
0
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
23
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
No public water system serving Tallapoosa reported a PFAS detection in the UCMR5 national testing round. Systems serving under 3,300 people were only sampled in part, so absence from this table is not proof of absence in the water.
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Tallapoosa filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 92k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| WF CABINETRY | ALEXANDER CITY | n-Butyl alcohol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 92k lb |
| HEIDELBERG MATERIALS SOUTHEAST AGG LLC - ALEXANDER CITY PLAN | ALEXANDER CITY | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 226 tank facilities in Tallapoosa: 158 tanks in service and 458 closed. 76 fuel releases are on record, of which 23 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Tallapoosa as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Tallapoosa, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- GFL ENVIRONMENTAL - STONE'S THROW LANDFILLTALLASSEE
- ROBINSON FOUNDRY INCALEXANDER CITY