Skip to content

States / Rhode Island

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.

1

Superfund NPL sites

13

federal cleanup sites

1

PFAS-detecting water systems

14

TRI facilities

28

open tank releases

Superfund NPL sites

SiteCityStatusListed
Picillo FarmCoventryon the NPL09/08/1983

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.

SystemHighest resultsReading
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.

FacilityCityTop chemicalsTotal released
NEW ENGLAND UNION CO. INC.WEST WARWICKCopper, Lead6k lb
PEASE & CURREN INCWARWICKNitric acid, Lead compounds364 lb
ADVANCED CHEMICAL COWARWICKLead compounds, Copper268 lb
JAMES A MURPHY & SON (RI)WARWICKAmmonia64 lb
NATIONAL CHAIN COWARWICKAmmonia35 lb
NATIONAL CHAINWARWICKAmmonia22 lb
BOSTON SCIENTIFICCOVENTRYEthylene oxide8 lb
EAGLEPICHER TECHNOLOGIES LLCEAST GREENWICHMercury compounds6 lb
LUCAS MILHAUPT WARWICK LLCWARWICKCopper5 lb
MILLARD WIRE & SPECIALTY STRIP CO.WARWICK-0 lb
IMMUNEX RHODE ISLAND CORP A SUBSIDIARY OF AMGEN INCWEST GREENWICH-0 lb
A. T. WALL COWARWICK-0 lb
AMTROL INCWEST WARWICKLead0 lb
ANTAYA TECHNOLOGIES CORPWARWICK-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 - $39

All 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