Sumter County, FL
The federal environmental record for Sumter County (population 151,565): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
48
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Sumter 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WILDWOOD, CITY OF (7 WPS) FL6600331 | PFBS: 13 ng/L PFPeA: 7.5 ng/L PFOA: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| LAKE PANASOFFKEE WATER ASSN 2WPS FL6600990 | PFOS: 53 ng/L PFPeA: 20 ng/L PFHxS: 18 ng/L | above final limit |
| OAKLAND HILLS FL6604824 | PFBS: 7.1 ng/L PFOS: 5.3 ng/L PFOA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| LITTLE SUMTER UTILITIES 3WPS FL6604862 | PFBS: 8.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.2 ng/L PFOS: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTH SUMTER UTILITY 3WPS FL6605012 | PFBS: 9.7 ng/L PFOS: 5.2 ng/L PFPeA: 4 ng/L | above final limit |
| VILLAGE OF PINE RIDGE (CONSEC) FL3600007 | PFHxS: 6.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Sumter filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 109k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIMUS PIPE & TUBE INC. | WILDWOOD | Chromium, Nickel | 88k lb |
| GREAT SOUTHERN WOOD - BUSHNELL INC. | LAKE PANASOFFKEE | Copper And Copper Compounds, Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds | 7k lb |
| SUWANNEE AMERICAN CEMENT CO LLC | SUMTERVILLE | Ammonia, Manganese | 7k lb |
| ROBBINS MFG CO | WEBSTER | Arsenic And Arsenic Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 6k lb |
| FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL COMPLEX COLEMAN | COLEMAN | Lead | 526 lb |
| METAL INDUSTRIES LLC - BUSHNELL FLORIDA | BUSHNELL | Certain glycol ethers, Chromium | 503 lb |
| CEMEX BUSHNELL | BUSHNELL | - | 0 lb |
| HIGHWAY SYSTEMS INC | SUMTERVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| CEMEX WILDWOOD | WILDWOOD | - | 0 lb |
| MAPEI CORP | WILDWOOD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 146 tank facilities in Sumter: 116 tanks in service and 438 closed. 133 fuel releases are on record, of which 48 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Sumter 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 Sumter, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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