Scott County, IA
The federal environmental record for Scott County (population 174,270): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
5
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
18
TRI facilities
31
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Scott 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 |
|---|---|---|
| IOWA-AMERICAN WTR CO-DAVENPORT IA8222001 | PFBA: 14.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
18 facilities in Scott filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 844k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOVELIS ALR ALUMINUM LLC - NOVELIS DAVENPORT CASTING | DAVENPORT | Aluminum (fume or dust), Zinc compounds | 504k lb |
| CONTINENTAL CEMENT CO | BUFFALO | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chromium | 192k lb |
| ARCONIC US LLC | BETTENDORF | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chlorine | 65k lb |
| JOHN DEERE DAVENPORT WORKS | DAVENPORT | Manganese, Zinc compounds | 26k lb |
| LINWOOD MINING & MINERALS CORP LIME PLANT | DAVENPORT | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Lead | 22k lb |
| KRAFT HEINZ - DAVENPORT | DAVENPORT | Ammonia | 10k lb |
| PB LEINER USA | DAVENPORT | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 10k lb |
| NOVELIS ALR ALUMINUM LLC - NOVELIS DAVENPORT FINISHING | DAVENPORT | Certain glycol ethers, Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 9k lb |
| BARTON SOLVENTS INC BETTENDORF | BETTENDORF | Methanol, Toluene | 2k lb |
| SEARS MANUFACTURING CO. | DAVENPORT | Diisocyanates, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 2k lb |
| NESTLE PURINA PETCARE CO DAVENPORT FACTORY | DAVENPORT | Manganese compounds, Zinc compounds | 198 lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS DAVENPORT (DAV) | DAVENPORT | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Ethylene glycol | 10 lb |
| MISSION SYSTEMS DAVENPORT INC. | DAVENPORT | Lead | 10 lb |
| JOHNSON MANUFACTURING CO | PRINCETON | Lead compounds | 8 lb |
| PCT EBEAM & INTEGRATION LLC | DAVENPORT | Lead | 4 lb |
| CHEMTREAT INC ELDRIDGE IA | ELDRIDGE | - | 0 lb |
| TCC ELDRIDGE BAG PLANT | ELDRIDGE | Lead | 0 lb |
| CENTRAL PETROLEUM CO | WALCOTT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 499 tank facilities in Scott: 312 tanks in service and 1,190 closed. 294 fuel releases are on record, of which 31 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Scott 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 Scott, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARCONIC DAVENPORT LLCRIVERDALE
- DAVENPORT LEADDAVENPORT
- MISSISSIPPI RIVER POOL #15RIVERDALE
- TANGLEFOOT LANEBETTENDORF
- USCOE LOCK AND DAM 15 IOWA STORAGE YARDDAVENPORT