Saline County, KS
The federal environmental record for Saline County (population 53,098): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
16
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
57
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Saline 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SALINA, CITY OF KS2016914 | PFBS: 30.1 ng/L PFBA: 7.1 ng/L PFHxS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Saline filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 151k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRESTWOOD INC | SALINA | Methyl isobutyl ketone, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 76k lb |
| STRYTEN SALINA LLC | SALINA | Lead And Lead Compounds, Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 57k lb |
| MCSHARES INC. | SALINA | Benzoyl peroxide | 12k lb |
| VALMONT COATINGS INC. SALINA GALVANIZING | SALINA | Zinc compounds, Diisocyanates | 5k lb |
| SCHWAN'S GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN-SALINA KS | SALINA | Ethylene glycol | 842 lb |
| COPERION K-TRON (STORMWATER) | SALINA | Chromium, Nickel | 75 lb |
| GREAT PLAINS MANUFACTURING INC SALINA COMPLEX | SALINA | Manganese | 25 lb |
| VORTEX FAB | SALINA | - | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - SALINA | SALINA | - | 0 lb |
| SALINA VORTEX CORP | SALINA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 238 tank facilities in Saline: 137 tanks in service and 541 closed. 306 fuel releases are on record, of which 57 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Saline 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 Saline, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CAMP PHILLIPS (EX)SALINA
- MAGNOLIA AND CENTENNIAL RDSSALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #1 W PACIFIC AVESALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #10 S 9THSALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #2 N 7THSALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #3 E IRON AVE (WEST)SALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #4 E IRON AVE (EAST)SALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #5 S 10THSALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #6 W CRAWFORD (WEST)SALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #7 W CRAWFORD (EAST)SALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #8 OHIOSALINA
- SALINA PCE LOCATION #9 W CLOUDSALINA
- SCHILLING (EX) AIR FORCE BASESALINA
- SCHILLING (EX) DEF-GM FLDSALINA
- SUMMERS ROADSALINA
- US DOD USAF SMOKY HILL ANG RANGE DET 1 184 IW KANSASSALINA