Newton County, GA
The federal environmental record for Newton County (population 120,135): 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
13
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Newton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| COVINGTON GA2170001 | PFPeA: 15.3 ng/L PFHxA: 11 ng/L PFBA: 9.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Newton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 46k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASCEND ELEMENTS INC | COVINGTON | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds | 22k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | COVINGTON | Triglycidyl isocyanurate, Vanadium compounds | 12k lb |
| H.B. FULLER CO | COVINGTON | Vinyl acetate, Styrene | 5k lb |
| TREAD TECHNOLOGIES CO | COVINGTON | Zinc compounds | 4k lb |
| NISSHINBO AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURING INC | COVINGTON | Copper | 2k lb |
| BECTON DICKINSON & CO COVINGTON OPERATIONS | COVINGTON | Ethylene oxide | 806 lb |
| BEAVER MANUFACTURING CO INC. | MANSFIELD | Diisocyanates | 1 lb |
| CONTRACT PACKAGING INC | COVINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| KELLY PRODUCTS INC | COVINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - COVINGTON | COVINGTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| BRIDGESTONE GOLF INC | COVINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| OXFORD CONCRETE PLANT | OXFORD | Lead | 0 lb |
| SRG GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE LLC | COVINGTON | Chromium, Nickel | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 208 tank facilities in Newton: 252 tanks in service and 396 closed. 112 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Newton 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 Newton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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