Saluda County, SC
The federal environmental record for Saluda County (population 19,123): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
0
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
15
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Saluda 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SALUDA CPW (4110001) SC4110001 | HFPO-DA: 43 ng/L PFOS: 9.9 ng/L PFPeA: 7.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| SALUDA CO W&S AUTHORITY (4120001) SC4120001 | PFOS: 9.7 ng/L HFPO-DA: 8 ng/L PFPeA: 5.5 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Saluda filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 51k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DARLING INGREDIENTS INC - WARD FACILITY | WARD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 26k lb |
| AMICK FARMS LLC | BATESBURG | Ammonia | 25k lb |
| AMICK FARMS FEED MILL | MONETTA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 75 tank facilities in Saluda: 32 tanks in service and 204 closed. 33 fuel releases are on record, of which 15 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Saluda 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.
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