Chatham County, GA
The federal environmental record for Chatham County (population 303,655): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
20
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
25
TRI facilities
36
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Chatham 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 |
|---|---|---|
| POOLER GA0510001 | PFOA: 5 ng/L PFOS: 4.6 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| PORT WENTWORTH GA0510002 | PFOS: 6.7 ng/L PFOA: 6.4 ng/L PFBS: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| SAVANNAH-I & D GA0510004 | PFOA: 5.5 ng/L PFOS: 5.2 ng/L PFBS: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
25 facilities in Chatham filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.3M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO - SAVANNAH COMPLEX | SAVANNAH | Methanol, Ammonia | 920k lb |
| BASF CORP-SAVANNAH OPERATIONS | SAVANNAH | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 648k lb |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER CO - PORT WENTWORTH | PORT WENTWORTH | Methanol, Ammonia | 411k lb |
| JOHNSON MATTHEY PROCESS TECHNOLOGIES INC | SAVANNAH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Formic acid | 173k lb |
| EMD PERFORMANCE MATERIALS CORP | SAVANNAH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 51k lb |
| GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORP | SAVANNAH | Toluene, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 17k lb |
| NHS U.S. LLC | SAVANNAH | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 13k lb |
| SOUTHERN STATES CHEMICAL SEAPOINT | SAVANNAH | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 12k lb |
| BUILDING MATERIALS MANUFACTURING LLC | SAVANNAH | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 8k lb |
| KRATON CHEMICAL CO LLC | SAVANNAH | Biphenyl, Hydrogen sulfide | 8k lb |
| SOLENIS LLC | SAVANNAH | Epichlorohydrin, Methanol | 7k lb |
| PHILLIPS 66 SAVANNAH LUBRICANTS PLANT | SAVANNAH | Zinc compounds | 3k lb |
| SEAGATE TERMINALS SAVANNAH LLC | SAVANNAH | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 1k lb |
| OWENS CORNING ROOFING & ASPHALT LLC | SAVANNAH | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 395 lb |
| COLONIAL CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS INC. | SAVANNAH | Methanol, Formic acid | 330 lb |
| JCB INC. | POOLER | Ethylene glycol | 250 lb |
| HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD FIRING RANGES | HUNTER ARMY AIRFIELD | Lead | 250 lb |
| GEORGIA PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC- SAVANNAH | SAVANNAH | Lead compounds | 151 lb |
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - SAVANNAH | GARDEN CITY | Manganese, Barium | 4 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE SAVANNAH | POOLER | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| KRM SOUTH LLC - PLANT 11 | SAVANNAH | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE OF SC - EAST SAVANNAH | SAVANNAH | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| SHEAROUSE LUMBER CO | POOLER | - | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - GARDEN CITY | GARDEN CITY | - | 0 lb |
| CMC REBAR SAVANNAH | POOLER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 809 tank facilities in Chatham: 756 tanks in service and 1,802 closed. 664 fuel releases are on record, of which 36 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Chatham 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 Chatham, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BERNUTH LEMBCKE CO INCSAVANNAH
- CTI WAHLSTROM TERMINAL, INC.SAVANNAH
- ESTATES WAY RESIDENTIAL MERCURYPOOLER
- GAO 010 - VERMICULITE EXFO GA PACIFICSAVANNAH
- GRUMMAN RD LANDFILL COAL ASH SPILLSAVANNAH
- GULFSTREAM AMERICAN CORPSAVANNAH
- HOLLY STREET HG SPILLPOOLER
- JORDAN SIGN COMPANY INCSAVANNAH
- KIDNEY CLINIC HQSAVANNAH
- LATEX CONSTRUCTION COTHUNDERBOLT
- OATLAND ISLAND EDUCATION CENTERSAVANNAH
- OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS SAVANNAH PLANTSAVANNAH
- POOLER ELEMENTARY HG SPILLPOOLER
- PORT WENTWORTH CAUSTIC SPILLPORT WENTWORTH
- SAFETY-KLEEN CORP INC - SAVANNAH FACILITYSAVANNAH
- SAVANNAH WAREHOUSE FIRESAVANNAH
- SWIFT AGRI-CHEM CORP/COLONIAL OIL INDSSAVANNAH
- UNION CAMP CORPSAVANNAH
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) SAVANNAHSAVANNAH
- ZY - TRAVIS FIELD/SAVANNAH INT AIRPORTSAVANNAH