Gallia County, OH
The federal environmental record for Gallia County (population 28,986): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
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federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Gallia 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GALLIA CO RURAL WATER ASSOCIATION OH2700012 | PFOA: 7.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| GALLIPOLIS PWS OH2700112 | PFOA: 7.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Gallia filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 5.5M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAVIN POWER LLC | CHESHIRE | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds | 4.3M lb |
| KYGER CREEK STATION | CHESHIRE | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Barium And Barium Compounds | 1.2M lb |
| GKN SINTER METALS - GALLIPOLIS | GALLIPOLIS | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 95 tank facilities in Gallia: 103 tanks in service and 217 closed. 123 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gallia 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 Gallia, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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