Newberry County, SC
The federal environmental record for Newberry County (population 38,825): 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
14
TRI facilities
47
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Newberry 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 |
|---|---|---|
| NEWBERRY CITY OF (3610001) SC3610001 | PFOS: 11.3 ng/L HFPO-DA: 10.2 ng/L PFBA: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| NEWBERRY CO W&SA (3620002) SC3620002 | HFPO-DA: 9.7 ng/L PFOS: 8.1 ng/L PFOA: 4.8 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
14 facilities in Newberry filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 484k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VALMONT COMPOSITE STRUCTURES NEWBERRY | NEWBERRY | Styrene | 204k lb |
| SEA PRO BOATS | WHITMIRE | Styrene | 75k lb |
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC WOOD PRODUCTS LLC PROSPERITY COMPLEX | PROSPERITY | Methanol | 53k lb |
| MACLEAN POWER SYSTEMS LLC | NEWBERRY | Styrene | 36k lb |
| KISWIRE | NEWBERRY | Zinc (fume or dust), Copper | 36k lb |
| SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS HOME APPLIANCES AMERICA | NEWBERRY | Styrene | 34k lb |
| WEST FRASER NEWBERRY LUMBER MILL | NEWBERRY | Methanol | 28k lb |
| FALCON BASS BOATS | NEWBERRY | Styrene | 12k lb |
| KRAFT HEINZ CO | NEWBERRY | Ammonia | 6k lb |
| KISWIRE INC | NEWBERRY | Xylene (mixed isomers), Lead | 2k lb |
| DONCASTERS TRUCAST INC | NEWBERRY | Nickel, Chromium | 85 lb |
| ARGOS CHAPIN CONCRETE PLANT | CHAPIN | Lead | 0 lb |
| C. H. GUENTHER - PIONEER FROZEN FOODS SC | PROSPERITY | - | 0 lb |
| INTERNATIONAL PAPER SILVERSTREET CHIP MILL | SILVERSTREET | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 233 tank facilities in Newberry: 131 tanks in service and 519 closed. 134 fuel releases are on record, of which 47 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Newberry 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 Newberry, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- LAKEWOOD TREATING INC.NEWBERRY
- MARINA WAY METAL RECYCLERPROSPERITY
- ROBERT THORNHILL PROPERTYPROSPERITY