Schenectady County, NY
The federal environmental record for Schenectady County (population 159,902): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
10
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Schenectady 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SCOTIA VILLAGE WATER WORKS NY4600071 | PFHxS: 8 ng/L PFBA: 7.5 ng/L PFPeA: 5.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| GLENVILLE WD #11 NY4600091 | PFOA: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Schenectady filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 97k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SI GROUP INC | ROTTERDAM JUNCTION | Nonylphenol, Methanol | 91k lb |
| VON ROLL USA INC | SCHENECTADY | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 5k lb |
| ELECTRO FIBER TECHNOLOGIES | SCHENECTADY | Formaldehyde | 1k lb |
| GE CO | SCHENECTADY | Chromium, Nickel | 476 lb |
| KING ROAD MATERIALS CORDELL ROAD FACILITY | SCHENECTADY | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lb |
| DSM-FIRMENICH | SCHENECTADY | Zinc compounds, Manganese compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 403 tank facilities in Schenectady: 247 tanks in service and 1,305 closed. 462 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Schenectady 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 Schenectady, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 99 FREEMANS BRIDGE ROADGLENVILLE
- CAMPBELL PLASTICSROTTERDAM
- DELAWARE COUNTY FLOODSROTTERDAM
- DOE KNOLLS ATOMIC POWER LAB-KNOLLS SITESCHENECTADY
- KENCOSCOTIA
- NIAGARA MOHAWK/SCHENECTADYSCHENECTADY
- ROTTERDAM LF (ACTIVE)PATTERSONVILLE
- SCHENERHORN CREEK USEPA CERCLA REMOVALSCHENECTADY
- SUNNYSIDE GROUND WATERSCHENECTADY
- U.S. DEFENSE NATIONAL STOCKPILE CENTER SCOTIA DEPOTSCOTIA