Washington County, NE
The federal environmental record for Washington County (population 21,152): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
3
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BLAIR, CITY OF NE3117905 | PFBA: 7.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Washington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 577k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARGILL CORN MILLING NORTH AMERICA | BLAIR | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Acetaldehyde | 518k lb |
| EVONIK CORP | BLAIR | Ammonia | 41k lb |
| NOVOZYMES BLAIR INC | BLAIR | Ammonia | 18k lb |
| PURAC AMERICA INC. | BLAIR | Mercury | 8 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 20 tank facilities in Washington: 53 tanks in service and 6 closed. 84 fuel releases are on record, of which 3 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Washington 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.
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