Wilson County, TN
The federal environmental record for Wilson County (population 163,674): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
11
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WILSON CO WATER & WASTEWATER TN0000790 | PFHxA: 17.1 ng/L PFBS: 16.9 ng/L PFPeA: 9.4 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
11 facilities in Wilson filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 3k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AVERY DENNISON | MOUNT JULIET | Toluene | 2k lb |
| PARKER HANNIFIN CORP O-RING DIV | LEBANON | Zinc compounds, Thiram | 580 lb |
| SOUTHTEC LLC | LEBANON | Nickel, Chromium | 141 lb |
| OLDCASTLE PRECAST INC | LEBANON | Lead compounds, Mercury compounds | 67 lb |
| LOCHINVAR LLC | LEBANON | Diisocyanates, Nitric acid | 20 lb |
| AMERICAN FABRICATORS INC. | LEBANON | Nickel, Manganese | 10 lb |
| PERMA-PIPE INC. | LEBANON | Diisocyanates | 7 lb |
| NOVAMET SPECIALTY PRODUCTS | LEBANON | - | 0 lb |
| PLANT 15 | LEBANON | - | 0 lb |
| ROYAL CANIN USA | LEBANON | - | 0 lb |
| COLD CHAIN TECHNOLOGIES LLC | LEBANON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 214 tank facilities in Wilson: 182 tanks in service and 459 closed. 137 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Wilson as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 4 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 Wilson, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- TVA WILSON 500 KV SUBSTATIONMOUNT JULIET
- WILSON COUNTY TIRE FIRMLEBANON