Pottawatomie County, OK
The federal environmental record for Pottawatomie County (population 73,791): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
11
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Pottawatomie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TRI-COUNTY RWD #2 OK2006362 | PFHxS: 22 ng/L PFOS: 6 ng/L | above final limit |
| SHAWNEE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITY OK1020504 | PFBA: 7.9 ng/L PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| TECUMSEH UTILITY AUTHORITY OK1020506 | PFBA: 8.4 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Pottawatomie filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORG FISCHER CENTRAL PLASTICS LLC | SHAWNEE | Manganese, Lead | 1k lb |
| BISON METAL TECHNOLOGIES | SHAWNEE | Copper, Lead | 18 lb |
| VAULT PRESSURE CONTROL - SHAWNEE FACILITY | SHAWNEE | Nickel, Chromium | 14 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 256 tank facilities in Pottawatomie: 146 tanks in service and 577 closed. 81 fuel releases are on record, of which 11 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Pottawatomie 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.
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The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Pottawatomie, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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