Pitt County, NC
The federal environmental record for Pitt County (population 175,119): 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
8
PFAS-detecting water systems
9
TRI facilities
176
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pitt 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GREENVILLE UTILITIES COMM NC0474010 | PFOA: 7.6 ng/L PFBA: 6.9 ng/L PFOS: 6.3 ng/L | above final limit |
| EASTERN PINES WATER CORP NC0474015 | PFOS: 10.4 ng/L PFPeA: 7.4 ng/L PFBA: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| FARMVILLE, TOWN OF NC0474020 | PFOA: 5.3 ng/L PFOS: 4.2 ng/L PFBS: 4.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| AYDEN TOWN OF NC0474025 | PFOS: 11.5 ng/L PFBA: 6.6 ng/L PFOA: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| GRIFTON, TOWN OF NC0474035 | PFOS: 11.5 ng/L PFBA: 6.8 ng/L PFPeA: 6.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| WINTERVILLE, TOWN OF NC0474040 | PFOS: 6.6 ng/L PFOA: 5.3 ng/L PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| BELL ARTHUR WATER CORP NC0474045 | PFOS: 9.9 ng/L PFBA: 5.2 ng/L PFHxS: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| STOKES REGIONAL WATER CORP NC0474060 | PFOS: 6 ng/L PFOA: 5.8 ng/L PFBS: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
9 facilities in Pitt filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 213k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRADY WHITE BOATS INC. | GREENVILLE | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 153k lb |
| WEYERHAEUSER CO. GREENVILLE LUMBER FACILITY | GRIFTON | Methanol, Lead And Lead Compounds | 37k lb |
| WORLD CAT GREENVILLE | GREENVILLE | Styrene | 17k lb |
| TRIEST AG GROUP INC | GREENVILLE | Bromomethane, Chloropicrin | 4k lb |
| METALLIX REFINING INC. LAB | GREENVILLE | Lead And Lead Compounds | 2k lb |
| METALLIX REFINING INC. | GREENVILLE | Lead | 157 lb |
| PATHEON MANUFACTURING SERVICES LLC PART OF THERMO FISHER SC | GREENVILLE | Lead, Mercury compounds | 10 lb |
| SANDERSON FARMS LLC FARMVILLE FEED MILL | FARMVILLE | - | 0 lb |
| UNX-CHRISTEYNS LLC | GREENVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 450 tank facilities in Pitt: 308 tanks in service and 1,139 closed. 456 fuel releases are on record, of which 176 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pitt as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 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 Pitt, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- AMERICAN ELEMENTSFARMVILLE
- ARMY RESERVE XVIII AIRBORNE CORPSGREENVILLE
- CSX GREENVILLE TRAIN DERAILMENTGREENVILLE
- EXUM LABORATORYAYDEN
- FARMVILLE (SHACKELFORD) TANK SITEFARMVILLE
- FULCHER TIRE FIREGREENVILLE
- GREENVILLE COAL GAS PLANTGREENVILLE
- GREENVILLE RED MYSTERY POWDER INCIDENTGREENVILLE
- MID-SOUTH METALS INCORPORATEDGREENVILLE
- SPECTRA DESIGNS LEAKING DRUMSFARMVILLE