Barrow County, GA
The federal environmental record for Barrow County (population 92,792): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Barrow 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WINDER GA0130002 | PFHxA: 7.3 ng/L PFPeA: 6.1 ng/L PFOA: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| STATHAM GA0130001 | PFBA: 5.1 ng/L PFBS: 4.5 ng/L PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Barrow filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 90k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNS MANVILLE | WINDER | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 46k lb |
| HARRISON POULTRY INC. | BETHLEHEM | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 28k lb |
| SOLVAY USA LLC | WINDER | Dimethylamine, Methanol | 12k lb |
| STEPAN CO | WINDER | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Nonylphenol | 4k lb |
| FOLEY PRODUCTS CO - WINDER | WINDER | Lead | 1 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 150 tank facilities in Barrow: 190 tanks in service and 275 closed. 91 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Barrow as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 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 Barrow, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LAKE ALLATOONA GAS CYLINDERCARTERSVILLE
- UNION GROVE CIRCLE MERCURYAUBURN
- WINDER-BARROW SPEEDWAY DRUMWINDER