Beaver County, PA
The federal environmental record for Beaver County (population 165,677): 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
7
PFAS-detecting water systems
33
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Beaver 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BEAVER BORO MUNI AUTH PA5040009 | PFHxS: 28.2 ng/L PFBS: 15.6 ng/L PFPeA: 9.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| BEAVER FALLS MUNI AUTH PA5040012 | PFBS: 36.9 ng/L PFBA: 8.3 ng/L PFPeA: 7.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| MUN WATER AUTH OF ALIQUIPPA PA5040006 | PFBA: 5.7 ng/L | detected |
| NORTH SEWICKLEY MUN WATER AUTH PA5040010 | PFBS: 16 ng/L PFBA: 6 ng/L PFHxA: 4.8 ng/L | detected |
| BRIGHTON TWP MUNI AUTH PA5040017 | PFBS: 15.1 ng/L PFHxS: 11.9 ng/L PFHxA: 9.2 ng/L | detected |
| MONACA BORO WATER DEPT PA5040039 | PFHxS: 11.1 ng/L PFBS: 6.6 ng/L | detected |
| NEW SEWICKLEY TWP MUNI AUTH PA5040085 | PFBS: 26.9 ng/L PFBA: 5.4 ng/L PFHxA: 4.9 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
33 facilities in Beaver filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 561k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHELL CHEMICAL APPALACHIA LLC | MONACA | Ethylene, Ammonia | 292k lb |
| TENARIS KOPPEL | KOPPEL | Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 84k lb |
| VALMONT PITTSBURGH GALVANIZING | MIDLAND | Zinc compounds | 52k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | ROCHESTER | Methyl methacrylate, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 32k lb |
| BVPV STYRENICS LLC | MONACA | Styrene, Butyl acrylate | 23k lb |
| VEKA INC | FOMBELL | Dichloromethane, Antimony compounds | 21k lb |
| BASF CORP | MONACA | 1,3-Butadiene, Styrene | 11k lb |
| BEAVER VALLEY ALLOY FOUNDRY CO | MONACA | Manganese, Chromium | 9k lb |
| PRECISION KIDD STEEL CO | WEST ALIQUIPPA | Zinc compounds, Manganese | 8k lb |
| SWAGELOK PROCESSING CO | KOPPEL | Nickel, Chromium | 8k lb |
| WHEMCO-STEEL CASTINGS INC | MIDLAND | Manganese, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 6k lb |
| ETC NORTHEAST FLD SVC LLC/PIKE COMP STA | ROCHESTER | n-Hexane, Methanol | 5k lb |
| ALLEGHENY & TSINGSHAN STAINLESS LLC | MIDLAND | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 5k lb |
| MPLX TERMINALS LLC - MIDLAND PA TERMINAL | INDUSTRY | n-Hexane, Toluene | 2k lb |
| GOLD BOND BUILDING PRODUCTS - SHIPPINGPORT | SHIPPINGPORT | Barium, Lead And Lead Compounds | 1k lb |
| ATI PRECISION FINISHING LLC - MONACA | MONACA | Manganese, Nickel And Nickel Compounds | 1k lb |
| ATI PRECISION FINISHING LLC - ROCHESTER FACILITY | ROCHESTER | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 604 lb |
| ALLEGHENY PETROLEUM PRODUCTS CO | AMBRIDGE | Ethylene glycol | 547 lb |
| VALVOLINE GLOBAL - ROCHESTER PA | ROCHESTER | Zinc compounds | 181 lb |
| DESOTEC US LLC DARLINGTON FACILITY | DARLINGTON | Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Heptachlor | 156 lb |
| HARSCO METALS - KOPPEL | KOPPEL | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 133 lb |
| NALCO CO | ELLWOOD CITY | Acrylic acid, Zinc compounds | 72 lb |
| US GYPSUM CO | ALIQUIPPA | Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 41 lb |
| O'NEAL MANUFACTURING SERVICES | AMBRIDGE | Manganese, Chromium | 5 lb |
| HONEYWELL ELEC MATERIALS | FOMBELL | Copper | 4 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 412 tank facilities in Beaver: 265 tanks in service and 1,025 closed. 272 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Beaver 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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