Fairfield County, SC
The federal environmental record for Fairfield County (population 20,422): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
6
TRI facilities
20
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Fairfield 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WINNSBORO TOWN OF (2010001) SC2010001 | PFOS: 32.8 ng/L PFHxS: 9 ng/L PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L | above final limit |
| MIDCOUNTY WATER DIST 2 (2020004) SC2020004 | PFOS: 20.1 ng/L PFHxS: 6.5 ng/L PFPeA: 3.6 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
6 facilities in Fairfield filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 22k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VICTORY BOATS LLC | WINNSBORO | Styrene | 19k lb |
| INDORAMA VENTURES MOBILITY WINNSBORO LLC | WINNSBORO | Phenol, Formaldehyde | 2k lb |
| ISOLA USA CORP | RIDGEWAY | N,N-Dimethylformamide, Methanol | 1k lb |
| PALMETTO IMAGING TECHNOLOGY L LC | WINNSBORO | Toluene | 453 lb |
| HEALTHCARE SC LLC | WINNSBORO | Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate, Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate | 5 lb |
| ADAMS RIDGEWAY | RIDGEWAY | Lead, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 113 tank facilities in Fairfield: 81 tanks in service and 239 closed. 77 fuel releases are on record, of which 20 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Fairfield 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 Fairfield, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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