Walton County, GA
The federal environmental record for Walton County (population 106,702): 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
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
8
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Walton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| MONROE, GA GA2970001 | PFBS: 4.2 ng/L | detected |
| SOCIAL CIRCLE GA2970002 | PFBS: 3.6 ng/L | detected |
| WALTON CO. WATER & SEWER AUTH. GA2970008 | PFBS: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Walton filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 44k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISONOVA TECHNOLOGIES LLC - SOCIAL CIRCLE | SOCIAL CIRCLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 38k lb |
| GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER CO | SOCIAL CIRCLE | Zinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 4k lb |
| TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICALS | SOCIAL CIRCLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol | 2k lb |
| HITACHI ASTEMO AMERICAS - GEORGIA FACTORY | MONROE | Methyl isobutyl ketone, Ethylbenzene | 166 lb |
| NUCOR WAREHOUSE SYSTEMS - MONROE | MONROE | Manganese | 60 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - MONROE | MONROE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| MPC GENERATING LLC | MONROE | - | 0 lb |
| STANDRIDGE COLOR CORP | SOCIAL CIRCLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 186 tank facilities in Walton: 229 tanks in service and 338 closed. 126 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Walton 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 Walton, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CANNON DRIVE DRUM SITESOCIAL CIRCLE
- CANNON FARM ROAD CHEMICALSOXFORD
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) SOCIAL CIRCLESOCIAL CIRCLE