DeKalb County, GA

The federal environmental record for DeKalb County (population 762,992): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.

Superfund NPL sites

federal cleanup sites

PFAS-detecting water systems

TRI facilities

open tank releases

Drinking water: PFAS testing

Public water systems serving DeKalb 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

ATLANTA

GA1210001

PFBA: 8.3 ng/L

PFPeA: 4.8 ng/L

PFBS: 4.6 ng/L

detected

On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options

Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)

20 facilities in DeKalb filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 114k lb released.

Facility	City	Top chemicals	Total released
DIXIE INDUSTRIAL FINISHING CO INC	TUCKER	Zinc compounds	49k lb
ARCH WOOD PROTECTION INC	CONLEY	Ammonia, Arsenic compounds	45k lb
TROJAN BATTERY CO. - LITHONIA	LITHONIA	Lead And Lead Compounds, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)	12k lb
UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA	DORAVILLE	Toluene, Methanol	3k lb
GLOBAL DORAVILLE TERMINAL	DORAVILLE	Xylene (mixed isomers), Toluene	2k lb
WOODBRIDGE CORP	LITHONIA	Diethanolamine, Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate	1k lb
INLINER	STONE MOUNTAIN	Styrene	860 lb
ITW PRO BRANDS	TUCKER	Trichloroethylene	258 lb
SENNECA HOLDINGS (HMF EXPRESS)	ATLANTA	Manganese, Chromium	141 lb
CMP CORP	STONE MOUNTAIN	Copper	5 lb
QUIKRETE - ATLANTA GA PLANT	LITHONIA	Lead	1 lb
THOMAS CONCRETE - TUCKER	TUCKER	Lead And Lead Compounds	0 lb
OLDCASTLE PRECAST INC	STONE MOUNTAIN	Lead compounds, Mercury compounds	0 lb
THOMAS CONCRETE - DORAVILLE	DORAVILLE	Lead And Lead Compounds	0 lb
GEORGIA MASONRY SUPPLY CONLEY	CONLEY	Lead And Lead Compounds	0 lb
GCP APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES INC	LITHONIA	-	0 lb
THOMAS CONCRETE - LITHONIA	LITHONIA	Lead And Lead Compounds	0 lb
READY MIX USA -LITHONIA PLANT	LITHONIA	-	0 lb
THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY CO LLC	LITHONIA	-	0 lb
H.B. FULLER CO	TUCKER	-	0 lb

Underground fuel tanks

EPA's UST Finder records 1,198 tank facilities in DeKalb: 1,213 tanks in service and 3,026 closed. 1,139 fuel releases are on record, of which 72 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".

Radon

EPA maps DeKalb as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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.

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All federal cleanup sites on file

The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for DeKalb, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.

ACE HARDWARE FIRETUCKER
ASSOCIATED ASPHALT HCLCONLEY
B&L DISCOUNT AUTODECATUR
BROWN & BROWN WRECKER SERVICEDORAVILLE
CANDLER STREET MERCURY SPILLATLANTA
CITY OF STONE MOUNTAIN ABANDONED DRUM SITESTONE MOUNTAIN
CONSTITUTION RD OIL SPILLATLANTA
CRYMES LANDFILLTUCKER
GAO 144 - ZONOLITE ROADATLANTA
HENRICO ROAD TANKERCONLEY
JONESBORO ROAD ABANDONED TRAILERATLANTA
KOPPERS COURT RELEASECONLEY
LAURELWOOD BURIAL SITEATLANTA
MAYNARD TERRACEATLANTA
NELMS DRIVE LANDFILLDECATUR
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITYATLANTA
ORMEWOOD AVENUE DUMPSTERATLANTA
P.I.C. DRUM SITECHAMBLEE
PINE ACRES MERCURY SPILLATLANTA
PLEASANTDALE CROSS MERCURYDORAVILLE
RITE AID # 11789ATLANTA
SECOND MELTS ACID SPILLLITHONIA
SHADOWRIDGE DRIVE PCBSATLANTA
TURNER HILL ROAD DRUM SITELITHONIA
US CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC)ATLANTA
US CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL CDCCHAMBLEE
VA MEDICAL CENTER DECATURDECATUR
WILLIAMS FURNITURE REFINISHINGLITHONIA