Anderson County, KY
The federal environmental record for Anderson County (population 24,224): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Anderson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LAWRENCEBURG WATER & SEWER DEPT KY0030239 | 6:2 FTS: 9.2 ng/L PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
| SO ANDERSON WATER DISTRICT KY0030660 | PFPeA: 3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Anderson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| YKK (U.S.A.) INC. SNAP & BUTTON PRODUCTS | LAWRENCEBURG | Copper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds | 755 lb |
| PRYSMIAN CABLES & SYSTEMS USA LLC | LAWRENCEBURG | Copper, Zinc compounds | 568 lb |
| FLORIDA TILE INC | LAWRENCEBURG | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 77 tank facilities in Anderson: 54 tanks in service and 211 closed. 57 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Anderson 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 Anderson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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