Scioto County, OH
The federal environmental record for Scioto County (population 71,969): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
4
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Scioto 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PORTSMOUTH PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM OH7300111 | PFOA: 5.4 ng/L PFBS: 3.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| NORTHWEST REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT OH7300003 | PFPeA: 3.5 ng/L | detected |
| SCIOTO CO. REGIONAL WATER DISTRICT #1 OH7300212 | PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| SCIOTO WATER, INC.-SUGAR CAMP OH7300903 | PFHxS: 4.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Scioto filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 583k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALTIVIA PETROCHEMICALS, LLC | HAVERHILL | Cumene, Phenol | 337k lb |
| HAVERHILL COKE CO LLC | FRANKLIN FURNACE | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 237k lb |
| OSCO INDUSTRIES INC PORTSMOUTH DIV | PORTSMOUTH | Manganese compounds, Lead compounds | 6k lb |
| OSCO INDUSTRIES INC NEW BOSTON DIV | NEW BOSTON | Manganese compounds, Lead compounds | 3k lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 210 tank facilities in Scioto: 187 tanks in service and 472 closed. 256 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Scioto 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 Scioto, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- KING RIVER LIMITED INC.NEW BOSTON
- NEW BOSTON COKE CORPNEW BOSTON
- RARDEN TIRE FIRERARDEN
- WHEELERSBURG MERCURY SITEWHEELERSBURG