Aiken County, SC
The federal environmental record for Aiken County (population 177,130): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
2
Superfund NPL sites
11
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
17
TRI facilities
37
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clearwater Finishing | Clearwater | on the NPL | 09/03/2020 |
| Savannah River Site (USDOE) | Aiken | on the NPL | 11/21/1989 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Aiken 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BREEZY HILL W/D (0220006) SC0220006 | PFBA: 9.7 ng/L PFOA: 4.8 ng/L PFBS: 4.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| AIKEN CITY OF (0210001) SC0210001 | PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L PFBS: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
17 facilities in Aiken filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 546k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMBIOPHARM INC. | BEECH ISLAND | Acetonitrile, Methanol | 196k lb |
| GRANITEVILLE SPECIALTY FABRICS | GRANITEVILLE | Toluene, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 86k lb |
| U.S. DOE SAVANNAH RIVER OPS | AIKEN | Nitric acid, Naphthalene | 73k lb |
| BRIDGESTONE AMERICAS TIRE OPERATIONS LLC AIKEN COUNTY OFF | TRENTON | Zinc compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 67k lb |
| OWENS CORNING | AIKEN | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 37k lb |
| AGY AIKEN LLC | AIKEN | Certain glycol ethers, Methanol | 22k lb |
| ALLNEX USA INC NORTH AUGUSTA FACILITY | NORTH AUGUSTA | Toluene, Copper | 21k lb |
| BRIDGESTONE AIKEN COUNTY PLANT | GRANITEVILLE | Zinc compounds, Cobalt compounds | 15k lb |
| HUBBELL POWER SYSTEMS INC | AIKEN | Methanol, Copper | 13k lb |
| HPC HOLDINGS INC | NORTH AUGUSTA | Dichloromethane, Freon 113 (CFC-113) | 9k lb |
| ZEUS CO LLC ASC | AIKEN | Certain glycol ethers | 7k lb |
| ALLNEX USA INC | WARRENVILLE | Methyl methacrylate, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 651 lb |
| HOUSE OF RAEFORD COLUMBIA FARMS FEED MILL | MONETTA | - | 0 lb |
| ASCO L.P. | AIKEN | Copper, Nickel | 0 lb |
| KIMBERLY CLARK PALMETTO | BEECH ISLAND | - | 0 lb |
| AUTONEUM N.A. INC. | AIKEN | - | 0 lb |
| PACTIV BEECH ISLAND | BEECH ISLAND | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 408 tank facilities in Aiken: 335 tanks in service and 1,020 closed. 262 fuel releases are on record, of which 37 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Aiken 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 Aiken, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- BATH LAKEBURNETTOWN
- CLEARWATER FINISHINGBEECH ISLAND
- DOE/WSRC SAVANNAH RIVER SITEJACKSON
- FELDSPAR, INC.AIKEN
- GRANITEVILLE CO/LAGOONGRANITEVILLE
- GRANITEVILLE CO/VAUCLUSE LDFLVAUCLUSE
- LANGLEY PONDAIKEN
- NORFOLK SOUTHERN GRANITEVILLE DERAILMENTGRANITEVILLE
- POWDER HOUSE ROAD PESTICIDE SHACKAIKEN
- SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT/ADMINISTRATION BLDGAIKEN
- SEMINOLE MILLSCLEARWATER