Bartow County, GA
The federal environmental record for Bartow County (population 115,041): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
23
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bartow 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BARTOW COUNTY GA0150001 | PFBA: 14 ng/L PFHxA: 3.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
| CARTERSVILLE GA0150002 | PFHxA: 3 ng/L PFBS: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
23 facilities in Bartow filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 817k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN STEAM ELECTRIC GENERATING PLANT | CARTERSVILLE | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds | 656k lb |
| GERDAU AMERISTEEL CARTERSVILLE STEEL MILL | CARTERSVILLE | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 104k lb |
| ANHEUSER-BUSCH LLC CARTERSVI LLE BREWERY | CARTERSVILLE | Ammonia | 22k lb |
| INNOVATIVE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC. | CARTERSVILLE | Methanol, Acrylic acid | 15k lb |
| ZEP COMMERCIAL | EMERSON | Methanol, Copper compounds | 11k lb |
| CHEMICAL PRODUCTS CORP | CARTERSVILLE | Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)), Hydrogen sulfide | 4k lb |
| ATCO RUBBER PRODUCTS INC | CARTERSVILLE | Antimony compounds, Lead compounds | 3k lb |
| RES-TEK INC. | CARTERSVILLE | Methyl methacrylate, Diisocyanates | 2k lb |
| INNOVATIVE CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGIES INC | CARTERSVILLE | Butyl acrylate, Zinc compounds | 621 lb |
| VMC SPECIALTY ALLOYS LLC | ADAIRSVILLE | Copper, Chromium | 159 lb |
| TOYO TIRE NA MANUFACTURING INC | WHITE | Zinc compounds | 145 lb |
| SKYLINE STEEL LLC-CARTERSVILLE | CARTERSVILLE | Manganese | 11 lb |
| CARLISLE POLYURETHANE SYSTEMS | CARTERSVILLE | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates, Certain glycol ethers | 10 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE OF GEORGIA - ADAIRSVILLE | ADAIRSVILLE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| MAGNUM PRODUCTS | ACWORTH | - | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - EMERSON | CARTERSVILLE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| ARGOS CARTERSVILLE CONCRETE PLANT | CARTERSVILLE | Lead | 0 lb |
| TYSON POULTRY INC-(BOLIVAR FEED MILL) | FAIRMOUNT | - | 0 lb |
| MORGAN TRUCK BODY LLC- MGA RYDAL | RYDAL | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA - CARTERSVILLE | CARTERSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| HANWHA_Q_CELLS-REDEEMER | WHITE | - | 0 lb |
| GEORGIA MASONRY SUPPLY CARTERSVILLE | CARTERSVILLE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| AMPACET CORP | CARTERSVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 283 tank facilities in Bartow: 375 tanks in service and 551 closed. 187 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bartow 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 Bartow, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ANHEUSER BUSCH RELEASECARTERSVILLE
- BROOKLAND DRIVE MERCURYCARTERSVILLE
- CARTERSVILLE BATTERY FIRECARTERSVILLE
- CARTERSVILLE TIRE FIRECARTERSVILLE
- PLANT BOWEN WASTE WATER TREATMENT SYSTEM LAYDOWN AREACARTERSVILLE