Whitfield County, GA
The federal environmental record for Whitfield County (population 103,687): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
15
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
27
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Whitfield 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DALTON UTILITIES GA3130000 | PFBS: 34 ng/L PFBA: 14.7 ng/L PFOS: 8.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
27 facilities in Whitfield filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 38k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARCROS CHEMICALS INC | DALTON | Methanol, Ammonia | 10k lb |
| POLYVENTIVE - DALTON | DALTON | Diethanolamine, Nonylphenol | 6k lb |
| SOUTHERN CHEMICAL & TEXTILES INC | DALTON | Epichlorohydrin, Methyl acrylate | 6k lb |
| AMERICHEM INC DGA | DALTON | Manganese, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 5k lb |
| ALADDIN MILLS - ANTIOCH RD PLANT | DALTON | Zinc compounds | 3k lb |
| TIARCO-RST | DALTON | Methanol, Ammonia | 3k lb |
| TRINSEO LLC | DALTON | Styrene, 1,3-Butadiene | 1k lb |
| TEXTILE RUBBER AND CHEMICAL COMPANY (PTG GROUP) | DALTON | Carbon disulfide, Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 1k lb |
| CARGILL INC | DALTON | Epichlorohydrin | 500 lb |
| MFG CHEMICAL INC CALLAHAN ROAD | DALTON | Maleic anhydride, Acrylic acid | 485 lb |
| MFG CHEMICAL INC | DALTON | Maleic anhydride, Styrene | 308 lb |
| MFG CHEMICAL INC BROOKS ROAD | DALTON | Maleic anhydride | 178 lb |
| GLOBAL TEXTILE SERVICES | DALTON | Zinc compounds | 78 lb |
| SHIROKI-GA LLC | DALTON | Manganese | 19 lb |
| UNIVERSAL TEXTILE TECHNOLOGIES | DALTON | Diisocyanates | 13 lb |
| IVC US INC | DALTON | Zinc compounds | 3 lb |
| ARROPOL CHEMICALS INC. | DALTON | Nonylphenol, Ammonia | 2 lb |
| ARROWSTAR | DALTON | Nonylphenol Ethoxylates | 1 lb |
| TECHMER PM | DALTON | - | 0 lb |
| CONTROLLED PRODUCTS | DALTON | - | 0 lb |
| SANCO INC | DALTON | - | 0 lb |
| OLIN WINCHESTER LLC | DALTON | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIX USA LLC-DALTON PLANT | DALTON | - | 0 lb |
| SYNTHETIC TURF RESOURCES CORP | DALTON | - | 0 lb |
| TEC DALTON LLC | DALTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 343 tank facilities in Whitfield: 316 tanks in service and 724 closed. 232 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Whitfield 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 Whitfield, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMC INTERNATIONALDALTON
- AMERICAN THREAD WHSE FIREDALTON
- ASSET RECYCLING AND RECOVERY LLCDALTON
- COLUMBIA RECYCLING CODALTON
- CROWN LAKE FISH KILLDALTON
- DALTON GOLD MERCURYDALTON
- DALTON MOLTEN MALEIC ANHYDRIDE TANKERDALTON
- DALTON SANITARY LANDFILL--NORTH AREA--DALTON
- FERNWOOD OILDALTON
- LYNDAL CHEMICAL INCDALTON
- MFG ACID SPILLDALTON
- MFG CHEMICAL INC.DALTON
- REDDY ICE AMMONIA RELEASEDALTON
- SOUTHEASTERN WASTE TREATMENT INCDALTON
- VERCOL WASTE WATERDALTON