Rutherford County, NC
The federal environmental record for Rutherford County (population 65,507): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
1
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
33
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Rutherford 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BROAD RIVER WATER AUTHORITY NC0181035 | PFBA: 5.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Rutherford filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 13.7M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEFESA ZINC METAL LLC | MOORESBORO | Lead compounds, Zinc compounds | 12.9M lb |
| DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS LLC - ROGERS ENERGY COMPLEX | MOORESBORO | Barium And Barium Compounds, Vanadium compounds | 806k lb |
| TRELLEBORG COATED SYSTEMS US INC | RUTHERFORDTON | Toluene, Zinc compounds | 27k lb |
| AALLIED DIE CASTING OF N.C. | RUTHERFORDTON | Nickel, Copper | 4k lb |
| DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS II LLC | FOREST CITY | Zinc compounds, Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate | 3k lb |
| TRI-CITY CONCRETE LLC | FOREST CITY | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 261 tank facilities in Rutherford: 233 tanks in service and 656 closed. 221 fuel releases are on record, of which 33 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Rutherford 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 Rutherford, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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