Saratoga County, NY
The federal environmental record for Saratoga County (population 238,711): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
3
Superfund NPL sites
17
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| GE Moreau | South Glens Falls | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
| Malta Rocket Fuel Area | Malta | on the NPL | 07/22/1987 |
| Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. (Saratoga Spings Plant) | Saratoga Springs | on the NPL | 02/21/1990 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Saratoga 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SARATOGA SPRINGS CITY, NY NY4500168 | PFBA: 8 ng/L PFPeA: 3 ng/L | detected |
| WATERFORD WATER WORKS (PURCHASE TROY) NY4500173 | PFPeA: 3.5 ng/L PFHxA: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
| CLIFTON PARK WATER AUTHORITY NY4500175 | PFBA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Saratoga filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 467k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| MPM SILICONES LLC | WATERFORD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Toluene | 282k lb |
| GLOBALFOUNDRIES FAB 8 | MALTA | Ammonia, Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution) | 115k lb |
| BALL METAL BEVERAGE CONTAINER CORP | SARATOGA SPRINGS | Certain glycol ethers, n-Butyl alcohol | 34k lb |
| POLYSET CO INC | MECHANICVILLE | Diisocyanates, Dichloromethane | 25k lb |
| HEXION INC-MOREAU FACILITY | SOUTH GLENS FALLS | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 6k lb |
| EVONIK INDUSTRIES | WATERFORD | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Chlorine | 3k lb |
| AGROCHEMUSA INC | SARATOGA SPRINGS | Ammonia, Formaldehyde | 2k lb |
| GREENFIELD MANUFACTURING INC. | SARATOGA SPRINGS | Diethanolamine, Ethylene glycol | 20 lb |
| AMES GOLDSMITH CORP | SOUTH GLENS FALLS | Silver, Copper | 9 lb |
| ADVANCE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES INC. | CLIFTON PARK | - | 0 lb |
| STEWART'S | SARATOGA SPRINGS | - | 0 lb |
| SLACK CHEMICAL CO. INC. | SARATOGA SPRINGS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 506 tank facilities in Saratoga: 416 tanks in service and 1,898 closed. 564 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Saratoga 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 Saratoga, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BEL-FAB MFG. CORP.WATERFORD
- CLIFTON PARK RADIATIONCLIFTON PARK
- CONSTANTINE SEW/DISPHALFMOON
- D&H, B&M, RAILROAD YARDHALFMOON/MECHANICVILLE
- EPIC HOLDINGS LLCSOUTH GLENS FALLS
- GE MOREAUSOUTH GLENS FALLS
- KNOLLS ATOMIC POWER LABORATORYWEST MILTON
- LOUKES SEPTAGECHARLTON
- MALTA ROCKET FUEL AREAMALTA
- MOREAU LFMOREAU
- NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (SARATOGA SPRINGS PLANT)SARATOGA SPRINGS
- NYSDEC - FRIEDRICHSOHN COOPERAGEWATERFORD
- OLD SARATOGA HOSPITALPROVIDENCE
- RICKETTS DRY CLEANINGBALLSTON SPA
- SARATOGA NATIONAL HISTORICAL PARKSTILLWATER
- SARATOGA RADAR STATIONSTILLWATER
- SCOTT AUTO SALESNORTHUMBERLAND