Indian River County, FL
The federal environmental record for Indian River County (population 169,795): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
1
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
70
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piper Aircraft Corp./Vero Beach Water & Sewer Department | Vero Beach | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Indian River 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 |
|---|---|---|
| VERO BEACH, CITY OF FL3310206 | PFOS: 9.9 ng/L PFHxS: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Indian River filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKER HANNIFIN | VERO BEACH | Zinc compounds | 2k lb |
| MASCHMEYER-VERO(BLK-RM) | VERO BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| PIPER AIRCRAFT INC | VERO BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| TITAN FLORIDA-VERO BEACH RMC PLANT | VERO BEACH | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX VERO NORTH | VERO BEACH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 296 tank facilities in Indian River: 146 tanks in service and 754 closed. 262 fuel releases are on record, of which 70 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Indian River 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Indian River, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP./VERO BEACH WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENTVERO BEACH
- STAUFFER AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALSVERO BEACH