Citrus County, FL
The federal environmental record for Citrus County (population 166,696): 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
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
42
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Citrus 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BEVERLY HILLS / ROLLING OAKS SUBDIVISION FL6090150 | PFOS: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| INVERNESS WATER DEPT FL6090861 | PFOS: 9.1 ng/L PFHxS: 6 ng/L PFBS: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITRUS CO UTL/CHARLES A. BLACK FL6094948 | PFOS: 25 ng/L PFHxS: 19 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Citrus filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 253k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUKE ENERGY FLORIDA LLC-CRYSTAL RIVER POWER PLANT | CRYSTAL RIVER | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Ammonia | 253k lb |
| HOLDER READY MIX | HERNANDO | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX LECANTO EAST | LECANTO | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 289 tank facilities in Citrus: 110 tanks in service and 782 closed. 200 fuel releases are on record, of which 42 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Citrus 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 Citrus, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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