Sarasota County, FL
The federal environmental record for Sarasota County (population 469,013): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
143
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Sarasota 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NORTH PORT UTILITIES FL6580651 | PFBA: 7.7 ng/L PFBS: 6.7 ng/L PFPeA: 6.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| PLURIS-SOUTH GATE UTILITIES FL6588003 | PFBS: 5.4 ng/L PFOA: 4.2 ng/L PFPeA: 3.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| SARASOTA CO SPECIAL UTIL DIST FL6581591 | PFBS: 4.2 ng/L PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Sarasota filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 13k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GLASPRO INC. | VENICE | Styrene | 12k lb |
| MILLENNIUM COATING LLC | SARASOTA | Toluene | 555 lb |
| PREFERRED-VENICE RM | VENICE | Lead | 0 lb |
| PETERSON MANUFACTURING LLC | SARASOTA | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX CENTRAL AVE. SOUTH | SARASOTA | - | 0 lb |
| TITAN FLORIDA-VENICE RMC PLANT | NOKOMIS | Lead | 0 lb |
| CEMEX MCINTOSH | SARASOTA | - | 0 lb |
| SOUTH SARASOTA READY MIX | SARASOTA | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 747 tank facilities in Sarasota: 335 tanks in service and 2,058 closed. 761 fuel releases are on record, of which 143 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Sarasota 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 Sarasota, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- FRUITVILLE RD DRUMSARASOTA
- GULF COAST MEDICAL HG SPILLENGLEWOOD
- HERON CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL MERCURY SPILLNORTH PORT
- NORTH PORT LANDFILLNORTH PORT
- PROCTOR ROAD LANDFILLSARASOTA
- SOUTHERN SPRING & STAMPING INCVENICE
- SUNLAND GARDENS CONDOMINIUM/BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL PROPERTIESSARASOTA
- TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSARASOTA