Washington County, NY
The federal environmental record for Washington County (population 60,047): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
16
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
2
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 |
|---|---|---|
| FORT EDWARD VILLAGE NY5700119 | PFBA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Washington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 23k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS | GRANVILLE | Diisocyanates | 15k lb |
| EASTON MILL | GREENWICH | Zinc compounds, Barium | 8k lb |
| STERIGENICS US LLC-QUEENSBURY NY FACILITY | QUEENSBURY | Ethylene oxide | 146 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION SALEM | SALEM | - | 0 lb |
| TELESCOPE CASUAL FURNITURE INC. | GRANVILLE | Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 228 tank facilities in Washington: 113 tanks in service and 685 closed. 200 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Washington, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BIO-TECH PAPER MILLS INC.GREENWICH
- FLAT IRON BUILDINGWHITEHALL
- FORMER CP RAIL MAINTENANCE YARDWHITEHALL
- FORMER GRAND UNIONFORT EDWARD
- FORT EDWARD LF (ACTIVE)FORT EDWARD
- FT MILLER LFFORT MILLER
- HUDSON FALLS POWERHOUSE AND THE ALLEN MILLHUDSON FALLS
- HUDSON RIVER PCBSHUDSON RIVER
- KINGSBURY LFHUDSON FALLS
- MARY MCCLELLAN HOSPITALCAMBRIDGE
- NEW YORK ENVIRONMENTAL RECOVERY GROUPFORT EDWARD
- OLD FORT EDWARD LFFORT EDWARD
- SHUSHAN BENTWOOD ISALEM
- SHUSHAN BENTWOOD IISHUSHAN
- SKYBEL TISSUE MILLSGREENWICH
- STEVENS & THOMPSON PAPER COMPANYGREENWICH