Hampshire County, MA
The federal environmental record for Hampshire County (population 162,502): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
11
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Hampshire 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WARE WATER DEPT MA1309000 | PFOS: 7.1 ng/L PFOA: 4.9 ng/L PFHxA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| HATFIELD WATER DEPT MA1127000 | PFHxA: 60.8 ng/L PFPeA: 58.1 ng/L PFBA: 13.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Hampshire filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 35k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| TURF CARE SUPPLY-HATFIELD PLANT | HATFIELD | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, 2,4-D | 31k lb |
| ADHESIVE APPLICATIONS INC. - O'NEILL ST EASTHAMPTON | EASTHAMPTON | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 3k lb |
| E INK CORP | SOUTH HADLEY | Toluene | 1k lb |
| KANZAKI SPECIALTY PAPERS INC. | WARE | Zinc compounds | 506 lb |
| O'CONNELL OIL NORTHAMPTON FACILITY | NORTHAMPTON | Hydrogen sulfide, Benzene | 3 lb |
| COCA-COLA NORTHAMERICA | NORTHAMPTON | - | 0 lb |
| CULPEPER OF BELCHERTOWN LLC | BELCHERTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| EIS WIRE & CABLE CO | SOUTH HADLEY | - | 0 lb |
| UFP BELCHERTOWN LLC | BELCHERTOWN | - | 0 lb |
| QUABBIN WIRE & CABLE CO INC | WARE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 365 tank facilities in Hampshire: 198 tanks in service and 920 closed. 128 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Hampshire 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 Hampshire, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BELCHERTOWN BULK CARRIERSBELCHERTOWN
- BELCHERTOWN METALS RECYCLINGBELCHERTOWN
- EASTHAMPTON AREA WORK CENTEREASTHAMPTON
- EASTHAMPTON LANDFILLEASTHAMPTON
- EASTHAMPTON LANDFILLEASTHAMPTON
- LUDLOW SPECIALITY PAPERS (FORMER)WARE
- OLD BONDSVILLE FACTORYBELCHERTOWN
- PRESSTEK SULFURIC ACID SPILLSOUTH HADLEY
- STANLEY HOME PRODUCTS INCORPORATEDEASTHAMPTON
- TEXON WASTE DISPOSALHUNTINGTON
- TREMBLAY BARRELHATFIELD