Greenwood County, SC
The federal environmental record for Greenwood County (population 69,460): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
44
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Greenwood 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 |
|---|---|---|
| GREENWOOD CPW (2410001) SC2410001 | HFPO-DA: 91.1 ng/L PFOS: 8.7 ng/L PFPeA: 7 ng/L | above final limit |
| WARE SHOALS TOWN OF (2410003) SC2410003 | HFPO-DA: 22 ng/L PFOS: 8.4 ng/L PFOA: 5.7 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Greenwood filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 57k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CATERPILLAR INC | HODGES | Phenol, Diisocyanates | 39k lb |
| ASCEND PERFORMANCE MATERIALS OPERATIONS LLC | GREENWOOD | Biphenyl | 11k lb |
| TEIJIN CARBON AMERICA INC. | GREENWOOD | Hydrogen cyanide | 6k lb |
| GREENWOOD FABRICATING & PLATING | GREENWOOD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Cyanide compounds | 1k lb |
| COOPER POWER SYSTEMS LLC | GREENWOOD | Chromium | 30 lb |
| COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO | HODGES | Ethylene glycol | 18 lb |
| EATON CORP - HODGES | HODGES | Copper | 10 lb |
| EATON ELECTRICAL INC | GREENWOOD | Copper | 6 lb |
| MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY GROUP INC D/B/A/RED SEAL MEASUREMENT | GREENWOOD | Copper, Chromium | 1 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE OF SOUTH CAROLINA INC - GREENWOOD PLANT | GREENWOOD | Lead | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO. LLC - GREENWOOD | GREENWOOD | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| STOCKMAN OIL GREENWOOD BULK LUBE | GREENWOOD | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 282 tank facilities in Greenwood: 173 tanks in service and 698 closed. 170 fuel releases are on record, of which 44 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Greenwood 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 Greenwood, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- DEADFALL ROAD ASBESTOSGREENWOOD
- GREENWOOD PACKING PLANT - EDDY CAROLINA PRIDE LLCGREENWOOD
- WARE SHOALS DYEING AND PRINTINGWARE SHOALS