Wilcox County, AL
The federal environmental record for Wilcox County (population 9,944): 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
1
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wilcox 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WILCOX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY AL0001371 | PFBS: 40 ng/L PFOS: 16.2 ng/L PFPeA: 14.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| PINE HILL WATER DEPARTMENT AL0001393 | PFBS: 39.6 ng/L PFPeA: 14.4 ng/L PFOS: 13.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
1 facilities in Wilcox filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.5M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER-PINE HILL MILL | PINE HILL | Methanol, Hydrogen sulfide | 1.5M lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 92 tank facilities in Wilcox: 38 tanks in service and 164 closed. 25 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wilcox 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.
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