Hernando County, FL
The federal environmental record for Hernando County (population 212,807): 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
7
TRI facilities
62
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hernando 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HERNANDO CO UTL-WEST FL6277059 | PFOS: 8.6 ng/L PFBS: 7.2 ng/L PFPeA: 5.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| HERNANDO CO UTL-EAST FL6277060 | PFOS: 16 ng/L PFBS: 11 ng/L PFOA: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Hernando filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 35k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CEMEX CONSTR MATERIALS FL LLC | BROOKSVILLE | Hydrogen cyanide, Ammonia | 35k lb |
| FLAGSTONE - TAMPA FL PAVERS PLANT | BROOKSVILLE | Lead | 1 lb |
| MASCHMEYER-BROOKSVILLE RM | BROOKSVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX COBB RD. | BROOKSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| MICRO MATIC USA LLC | BROOKSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| ICTC USA | BROOKSVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| ARGOS BROOKSVILLE PLANT | BROOKSVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 252 tank facilities in Hernando: 136 tanks in service and 662 closed. 234 fuel releases are on record, of which 62 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hernando 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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