Bristol County, MA
The federal environmental record for Bristol County (population 581,841): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
7
Superfund NPL sites
48
federal cleanup sites
12
PFAS-detecting water systems
51
TRI facilities
42
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlas Tack Corp. | Fairhaven | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
| Hatheway and Patterson Company | Mansfield | deleted | 09/05/2002 |
| New Bedford Site | New Bedford | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Re-Solve, Inc. | Dartmouth | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Shpack Landfill | Attleboro, Norton | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Sullivan's Ledge | New Bedford | on the NPL | 09/21/1984 |
| Walton & Lonsbury Inc. | Attleboro | on the NPL | 05/24/2013 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bristol 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT MA4016000 | PFOS: 12 ng/L PFOA: 6.6 ng/L PFPeA: 4.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| DARTMOUTH WATER DIVISION MA4072000 | PFOS: 50.6 ng/L PFBS: 20.7 ng/L PFPeA: 11.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| DIGHTON WATER DISTRICT MA4076000 | PFOA: 5.5 ng/L PFOS: 4.1 ng/L PFHxA: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| EASTON WATER DIV MA4088000 | PFOS: 16.3 ng/L PFOA: 9.9 ng/L PFHxS: 7.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| MANSFIELD WATER DIVISION MA4167000 | PFOS: 6.2 ng/L PFOA: 4.3 ng/L PFBS: 3.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTH ATTLEBORO WATER DEPT MA4211000 | PFPeA: 14 ng/L PFHxA: 9 ng/L PFOA: 9 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTON WATER DEPARTMENT MA4218000 | PFOA: 8.8 ng/L PFHxS: 6.4 ng/L PFBS: 4.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| RAYNHAM CENTER WATER DISTRICT MA4245000 | PFOA: 92 ng/L PFHxA: 58.8 ng/L PFPeA: 36.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| SEEKONK WATER DISTRICT MA4265000 | PFOS: 5 ng/L | above final limit |
| SWANSEA WATER DISTRICT MA4292000 | PFBA: 10.9 ng/L PFHxS: 7.7 ng/L PFOA: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF NEW BEDFORD DPI MA4201000 | PFBA: 7 ng/L | detected |
| NORTH RAYNHAM WATER DISTRICT MA4245002 | PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
51 facilities in Bristol filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 432k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ACUSHNET CO BALL PLANT II | NORTH DARTMOUTH | Zinc compounds, Certain glycol ethers | 176k lb |
| ACUSHNET CO BALL PLANT III | NEW BEDFORD | Zinc compounds, Methyl isobutyl ketone | 71k lb |
| METALOR TECHNOLOGIES USA | ATTLEBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Methanol | 61k lb |
| NORKING CO INC | ATTLEBORO | Ammonia | 32k lb |
| METALOR TECHNOLOGIES USA CORP REFINING DIV | NORTH ATTLEBORO | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Chlorine | 23k lb |
| CPS TECHNOLOGIES CORP | NORTON | Cyclohexane | 14k lb |
| AFC CABLE SYSTEMS | NEW BEDFORD | Antimony And Antimony Compounds, Copper | 13k lb |
| INTERPLEX ETCH LOGIC LLC | ATTLEBORO | Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Chlorine | 10k lb |
| PRYSMIAN GROUP SPECIALTY CABLES LLC | TAUNTON | Lead compounds, Antimony compounds | 10k lb |
| SWIMEX INC. | FALL RIVER | Styrene | 4k lb |
| GENERAL METAL FINISHING LLC | ATTLEBORO | Nitric acid | 3k lb |
| CHECON LLC | NORTH ATTLEBORO | Copper, Cadmium compounds | 3k lb |
| ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS | NORTON | Acetonitrile, Toluene | 2k lb |
| AMETEK AEGIS | NEW BEDFORD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 2k lb |
| WATERS TECHNOLOGY CORP | TAUNTON | Toluene, Methanol | 2k lb |
| ISP FREETOWN FINE CHEMICALS INC | ASSONET | Vinyl acetate, Toluene | 2k lb |
| BORDEN & REMINGTON CORP | FALL RIVER | Ammonia | 2k lb |
| ENGINEERED MATERIALS SOLUTIONS LLC | ATTLEBORO | Copper, Nickel | 1k lb |
| ROTHTEC ENGRAVING CORP | NEW BEDFORD | Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 961 lb |
| V H BLACKINTON & CO INC | ATTLEBORO FALLS | Copper | 515 lb |
| V&S TAUNTON GALVANIZING LLC | TAUNTON | Zinc compounds, Lead | 455 lb |
| ZAPP PRECISION STRIP INC. | DARTMOUTH | Chromium, Nickel | 358 lb |
| DEPUY SYNTHES A JOHNSON & JOHNSON CO | RAYNHAM | Cobalt, Chromium | 287 lb |
| FUTURE FOAM INC | MANSFIELD | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers) | 132 lb |
| PROFESSIONAL CONTRACT STERILIZATION INC (PCS) | TAUNTON | Ethylene oxide | 102 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 933 tank facilities in Bristol: 762 tanks in service and 2,432 closed. 429 fuel releases are on record, of which 42 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bristol 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 Bristol, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 1894 FALL RIVER AVENUE PROPERTYSEEKONK
- AEROVOX SITENEW BEDFORD
- APCO MOSSBERG COMPANY, INC.ATTLEBORO
- ATLAS TACK CORP.FAIRHAVEN
- ATTLEBORO DYEING & FINISHING CSEEKONK
- BLISS CORNER NEIGHBORHOODDARTMOUTH
- BRITANNIA STREET SITETAUNTON
- CABIN REALTY TRUSTTAUNTON
- COMM ELECTRIC COMPANY CANNEW BEDFORD
- COMPO INDUSTRIES INCMANSFIELD
- COURTOIS SAND & GRAVELNORTH ATTLEBORO
- CROOME BROTHERS SANITATION, INC.REHOBOTH
- FALL RIVER LANDFILLFALL RIVER
- FINBERG FIELDATTLEBORO
- FREETOWN SCREW MANUFACTURINGFREETOWN
- GEMLITE EMERGENCY RESPONSENEW BEDFORD
- HAMLET STREET FALL RIVER MERCURY RELEASEFALL RIVER
- HATHEWAY & PATTERSONMANSFIELD
- HEALY SCHOOL (FORMER)FALL RIVER
- HERCULES LANDFILLMANSFIELD
- INDEPENDENT LAUNDRY (FORMER)FALL RIVER
- J SYLVIA TRUCKINGREHOBOTH
- LEACHGARNERATTLEBORO
- LEDGE THEDARTMOUTH
- LUBRX PRODUCTS INCNORTH ATTLEBORO
- MANSFIELD TWN LANDFILLMANSFIELD
- MID-CITY SCRAP LLCWESTPORT
- MORSE PROPERTYSOUTH EASTON
- NEW BEDFORDNEW BEDFORD
- NIKE BATTERY MISSILE CONTROL AREA 19REHOBOTH
- NORTH ATTLEBORO LANDFILLNORTH ATTLEBORO
- NUBRITE CHEMICAL CO R-3TAUNTON
- OAK STREETTAUNTON
- OLD LANDFILLNORTON
- RAILROAD DEPOTNEW BEDFORD
- RE-SOLVE SITEDARTMOUTH
- REED AND BARTONNORTON
- REICHOLD (FORMER)MANSFIELD
- ROUTE 44 DISPOSAL AREATAUNTON
- SHPACK LANDFILLATTLEBORO (&NORTON )
- SLADE LAUNDRY INCFALL RIVER
- STAR PLATINGNEW BEDFORD
- SULLIVAN'S LEDGENEW BEDFORD
- SWEET MANUFACTURING CO.MANSFIELD
- TAUNTON DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKSTAUNTON
- WALTON AND LONSBURY SITEATTLEBORO
- WEBSTER MILLNORTH ATTLEBOROUGH
- ZEGEN INCATTLEBORO