Ross County, OH
The federal environmental record for Ross County (population 76,501): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ross 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CHILLICOTHE CITY PWS OH7100112 | PFBS: 3 ng/L | detected |
| ROSS COUNTY WATER CO INC PWS OH7101412 | PFPeA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Ross filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 775k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIXELLE SPECIALTY SOLUTIONS LLC | CHILLICOTHE | Methanol, Zinc compounds | 762k lb |
| KENWORTH TRUCK CO | CHILLICOTHE | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 13k lb |
| US ARMY NATIONAL GUARD RANGE - CAMP SHERMAN | CHILLICOTHE | Lead | 180 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 194 tank facilities in Ross: 194 tanks in service and 399 closed. 236 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ross 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.
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