Ben Hill County, GA
The federal environmental record for Ben Hill County (population 17,128): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
2
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ben Hill 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FITZGERALD GA0170000 | 6:2 FTS: 17 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
2 facilities in Ben Hill filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 151 lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIPPERT COMPONENTS INC PLANT 16 | FITZGERALD | Chromium, Manganese | 142 lb |
| MODERN DISPERSIONS SOUTH INC. | FITZGERALD | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 9 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 76 tank facilities in Ben Hill: 70 tanks in service and 158 closed. 49 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ben Hill 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.
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