Kennebec County, ME
The federal environmental record for Kennebec County (population 127,259): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| O'Connor | Augusta | deleted | 09/08/1983 |
| Winthrop Landfill | Winthrop | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kennebec 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KENNEBEC WATER DISTRICT ME0090750 | PFBA: 6.5 ng/L PFOA: 6.4 ng/L PFHpA: 5.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| GARDINER WATER DISTRICT ME0090610 | PFHxS: 4.2 ng/L PFHxA: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Kennebec filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 15k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KENWAY COMPOSITES | AUGUSTA | Styrene | 8k lb |
| SOUTHPORT YACHTS LLC | GARDINER | Styrene | 7k lb |
| PIKE INDUSTRIES INC. - SIDNEY | SIDNEY | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 1 lb |
| ALTERNATIVE MANUFACTURING INC | WINTHROP | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 525 tank facilities in Kennebec: 189 tanks in service and 1,220 closed. 242 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kennebec 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 Kennebec, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMERICAN WOOLEN MILL (VASSALBORO)VASSALBORO
- BAILEY'S CLEANERSAUGUSTA
- GARLAND ROAD DUMPWINSLOW
- MAYTAG LAUNDRYWINSLOW
- O'CONNOR SITEAUGUSTA
- QUALITY CLEANERSAUGUSTA
- ROTARY CLEANERSAUGUSTA
- TOGUS VETERANS MEDICAL CENTERAUGUSTA
- WATERVILLE GAS WORKS (FORMER)WATERVILLE
- WINTHROP LANDFILLWINTHROP