Charlotte County, FL
The federal environmental record for Charlotte County (population 206,134): 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
10
TRI facilities
63
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Charlotte 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHARLOTTE COUNTY UTILITIES FL5084100 | PFBA: 9.6 ng/L PFBS: 6.7 ng/L PFPeA: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF PUNTA GORDA FL6080051 | PFBA: 6.9 ng/L PFBS: 4.5 ng/L PFOA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Charlotte filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 12 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUILT RIGHT POOL HEATERS LLC | PUNTA GORDA | Copper | 12 lb |
| CEMEX PORT CHARLOTTE | PORT CHARLOTTE | - | 0 lb |
| PLANT 153 PUNTA FORDA | PUNTA GORDA | Lead | 0 lb |
| TITAN FLORIDA PUNTA GORDA RMC PLANT | PUNTA GORDA | Lead | 0 lb |
| PORT CHARLOTTE CONCRETE PLANT | PORT CHARLOTTE | Lead | 0 lb |
| PREFERRED-PUNTA GORDA BLOCK | PUNTA GORDA | Lead | 0 lb |
| PREFERRED-PUNTA GORDA RM | PUNTA GORDA | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX PUNTA GORDA | PUNTA GORDA | - | 0 lb |
| PREFERRED-PUNTA GORDA (CORAL) BLK | PUNTA GORDA | Lead | 0 lb |
| QUIKRETE - FT. MYERS FL PLANT | PUNTA GORDA | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 229 tank facilities in Charlotte: 152 tanks in service and 600 closed. 229 fuel releases are on record, of which 63 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Charlotte 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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