Kershaw County, SC
The federal environmental record for Kershaw County (population 69,905): 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
7
TRI facilities
29
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Kershaw 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CAMDEN CITY OF (2810001) SC2810001 | PFPeA: 10.2 ng/L PFHxA: 8.2 ng/L PFOA: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| LUGOFF ELGIN WATER AUTH (2820001) SC2820001 | PFOS: 9.3 ng/L PFPeA: 7.7 ng/L PFOA: 7.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Kershaw filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 504k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INV CAMDEN PLANT | LUGOFF | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Sodium nitrite | 450k lb |
| NEW SOUTH LUMBER & WOOD PRESERVING COS CAMDEN PLANT | CASSATT | Methanol, Lead And Lead Compounds | 32k lb |
| DENKAI AMERICA INC | CAMDEN | Copper And Copper Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 18k lb |
| WEYLCHEM US INC. | ELGIN | Toluene, Methanol | 2k lb |
| SOUTHERN FELT CO INC. | BETHUNE | Phenol | 2k lb |
| GE APPLIANCES A HAIER CO - CAMDEN | CAMDEN | Diisocyanates | 5 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO - CAMDEN | LUGOFF | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 200 tank facilities in Kershaw: 165 tanks in service and 433 closed. 107 fuel releases are on record, of which 29 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Kershaw 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 Kershaw, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
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