Kent County, RI
The federal environmental record for Kent County (population 171,278): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
13
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
14
TRI facilities
28
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Picillo Farm | Coventry | on the NPL | 09/08/1983 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kent 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KENT COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY RI1559511 | 6:2 FTS: 8.4 ng/L PFPeA: 8.3 ng/L PFOA: 7.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Kent filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 7k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW ENGLAND UNION CO. INC. | WEST WARWICK | Copper, Lead | 6k lb |
| PEASE & CURREN INC | WARWICK | Nitric acid, Lead compounds | 364 lb |
| ADVANCED CHEMICAL CO | WARWICK | Lead compounds, Copper | 268 lb |
| JAMES A MURPHY & SON (RI) | WARWICK | Ammonia | 64 lb |
| NATIONAL CHAIN CO | WARWICK | Ammonia | 35 lb |
| NATIONAL CHAIN | WARWICK | Ammonia | 22 lb |
| BOSTON SCIENTIFIC | COVENTRY | Ethylene oxide | 8 lb |
| EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLC | EAST GREENWICH | Mercury compounds | 6 lb |
| LUCAS MILHAUPT WARWICK LLC | WARWICK | Copper | 5 lb |
| MILLARD WIRE & SPECIALTY STRIP CO. | WARWICK | - | 0 lb |
| IMMUNEX RHODE ISLAND CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF AMGEN INC | WEST GREENWICH | - | 0 lb |
| A. T. WALL CO | WARWICK | - | 0 lb |
| AMTROL INC | WEST WARWICK | Lead | 0 lb |
| ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORP | WARWICK | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 489 tank facilities in Kent: 294 tanks in service and 1,500 closed. 286 fuel releases are on record, of which 28 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kent 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Kent, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- COVENTRY NIKE CONTROL AREACOVENTRY
- CRYSTAL CLEANSERSCOVENTRY
- DOD/NCBC/CAMP FOGARTY DISPOSAL AREAEAST GREENWICH
- FRANKEN REALTY, FORMERLY MAYS MARSHALL & MEIER COWARWICK
- GREAT LAKES CONTAINER CORP.COVENTRY
- MACERA S. DISPOSAL AREAEAST GREENWICH
- NULUXE CLEANERS INC.COVENTRY
- PONTIAC ENTERPRISES LTD.WARWICK
- PPICILLO PIG FARM SUPERFUND SITECOVENTRY
- RI ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FMS 3WARWICK
- TRUK-AWAY LANDFILLWARWICK
- WEST GREENWICH TOWN LANDFILLWEST GREENWICH
- WEST WARWICK TOWN LANDFILLWEST WARWICK