Spalding County, GA
The federal environmental record for Spalding County (population 69,946): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Spalding 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GRIFFIN GA2550000 | PFPeA: 22 ng/L PFHxS: 20 ng/L PFHxA: 20 ng/L | above final limit |
| SPALDING COUNTY WATER SYSTEM GA2550036 | PFPeA: 23 ng/L PFHxA: 20 ng/L PFHxS: 18 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Spalding filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRIDGESTONE BANDAG LLC GRIFFIN PLANT | GRIFFIN | Zinc compounds | 825 lb |
| CATERPILLAR INC GRIFFIN GEORGIA | GRIFFIN | Ethylene glycol | 250 lb |
| BERRY GLOBAL FILMS LLC | GRIFFIN | - | 0 lb |
| OTSUKA CHEMICAL AMERICA INC. | GRIFFIN | - | 0 lb |
| HOSHIZAKI AMERICA INC | GRIFFIN | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 197 tank facilities in Spalding: 246 tanks in service and 397 closed. 133 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Spalding 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 Spalding, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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