Pottawattamie County, IA
The federal environmental record for Pottawattamie County (population 93,179): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
33
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pottawattamie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CARTER LAKE WATER DISTRICT IA7812079 | PFBA: 5.3 ng/L | detected |
| URBAN BLUFFS - NORTH IA7820701 | PFPeA: 4.5 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L PFHxA: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Pottawattamie filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.4M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIDAMERICAN ENERGY CO WALTER SCOTT JR ENERGY CENTER | COUNCIL BLUFFS | Barium And Barium Compounds, Vanadium compounds | 1.4M lb |
| SOUTHWEST IOWA RENEWABLE ENERGY | COUNCIL BLUFFS | n-Hexane, Acetaldehyde | 13k lb |
| CONAGRA FOODS PACKAGED FOODS LLC - COUNCIL BLUFFS | COUNCIL BLUFFS | Ammonia | 10k lb |
| BARTON SOLVENTS INC COUNCIL BLUFFS | COUNCIL BLUFFS | n-Hexane, Methanol | 8k lb |
| HIGHLINE WARREN LLC - WARREN PERFORMANCE PACKAGING | COUNCIL BLUFFS | Naphthalene, Zinc compounds | 1k lb |
| OSI INDUSTRIES LLC | OAKLAND | Ammonia | 600 lb |
| FUTURE FOAM INC | COUNCIL BLUFFS | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 231 lb |
| PAXTON & VIERLING STEEL - STRUCTURES | CARTER LAKE | Manganese | 170 lb |
| TYSON FRESH MEATS INC. | COUNCIL BLUFFS | - | 0 lb |
| GROWMARK INC | COUNCIL BLUFFS | - | 0 lb |
| OMAHA STANDARD PALFINGER | COUNCIL BLUFFS | - | 0 lb |
| READY MIXED CONCRETE CO COUNCIL BLUFFS PLANT | COUNCIL BLUFFS | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 339 tank facilities in Pottawattamie: 232 tanks in service and 832 closed. 221 fuel releases are on record, of which 33 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pottawattamie as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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 Pottawattamie, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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