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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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
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.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
CEMEX CONSTR MATERIALS FL LLCBROOKSVILLEHydrogen cyanide, Ammonia35k lb
FLAGSTONE - TAMPA FL PAVERS PLANTBROOKSVILLELead1 lb
MASCHMEYER-BROOKSVILLE RMBROOKSVILLELead0 lb
CEMEX COBB RD.BROOKSVILLE-0 lb
MICRO MATIC USA LLCBROOKSVILLE-0 lb
ICTC USABROOKSVILLELead0 lb
ARGOS BROOKSVILLE PLANTBROOKSVILLELead0 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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