Habersham County, GA
The federal environmental record for Habersham County (population 48,757): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
7
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Habersham 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DEMOREST GA1370004 | PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Habersham filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 71k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIELDALE FARMS CORNELIA COMPLEX | CORNELIA | Ammonia | 51k lb |
| ETHICON INC | CORNELIA | Toluene | 11k lb |
| MORITO SCOVILL AMERICAS LLC DBA SCOVILL FASTENERS | CLARKESVILLE | Copper compounds, Nickel compounds | 10k lb |
| SALFORD BBI INC | CORNELIA | Chromium | 28 lb |
| GLOBALTECH INDUSTRIES INC. | CORNELIA | - | 0 lb |
| MORGAN CONCRETE - DEMOREST PLANT | DEMOREST | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| STEELCELL OF N.A. INC | BALDWIN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 181 tank facilities in Habersham: 186 tanks in service and 357 closed. 122 fuel releases are on record, of which 7 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Habersham 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 Habersham, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- HOLLYWOOD ASBESTOS MILL AND MINEHOLLYWOOD