Deschutes County, OR
The federal environmental record for Deschutes County (population 208,513): 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
8
TRI facilities
26
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Deschutes 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BEND WATER DEPARTMENT OR4100100 | PFPeA: 8.7 ng/L PFOA: 7.9 ng/L PFHxA: 4.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
8 facilities in Deschutes filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 77k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SENNECA HOLDINGS | REDMOND | Diisocyanates | 38k lb |
| PCC STRUCTURALS INC SCHLOSSER | REDMOND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 26k lb |
| SUTERRA LLC | BEND | Methanol, Toluene | 13k lb |
| TUMALO CONCRETE | BEND | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 105 lb |
| NOSLER INC | BEND | Copper And Copper Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 33 lb |
| NOSLER INC. | REDMOND | Copper | 2 lb |
| MDU RESOURCES REDMOND CONCRETE | REDMOND | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 1 lb |
| KEY TECHNOLOGY INC. | REDMOND | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 333 tank facilities in Deschutes: 255 tanks in service and 772 closed. 202 fuel releases are on record, of which 26 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Deschutes 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Deschutes, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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