Haywood County, TN
The federal environmental record for Haywood County (population 17,328): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
4
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Haywood 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BROWNSVILLE WATER DEPT TN0000080 | PFHxA: 28 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Haywood filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 80k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. TVA LAGOON CREEK COMBUSTION TURBINE PLANT | BROWNSVILLE | Ammonia | 60k lb |
| TEKNOR APEX TENNESSEE CO (AKA HAYWOOD CO) | BROWNSVILLE | Phthalic anhydride, Antimony And Antimony Compounds | 19k lb |
| THE PICTSWEET CO - BROWNSVILLE TN WAREHOUSE | BROWNSVILLE | Ammonia | 942 lb |
| PRECISION COILS - TENNESSEE | BROWNSVILLE | Manganese, Nickel | 50 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 94 tank facilities in Haywood: 61 tanks in service and 221 closed. 45 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Haywood 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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