Bell County, TX
The federal environmental record for Bell County (population 393,193): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
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Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
12
PFAS-detecting water systems
27
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwool Industries Inc. | Bell County | on the NPL | 09/29/1998 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Bell 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CITY OF TEMPLE TX0140005 | PFBA: 7.8 ng/L PFHxA: 7.3 ng/L PFPeA: 6.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| 439 WSC TX0140076 | PFHxS: 16.4 ng/L PFOS: 13.7 ng/L PFHxA: 11 ng/L | above final limit |
| WEST BELL COUNTY WSC TX0140105 | PFPeA: 10.3 ng/L PFBS: 8.8 ng/L PFHxS: 7.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF BELTON TX0140002 | PFBA: 9.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.8 ng/L PFHxS: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF KILLEEN TX0140006 | PFBA: 7.3 ng/L PFPeA: 3.5 ng/L PFBS: 3 ng/L | detected |
| BELL MILAM FALLS WSC TX0140007 | PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF HARKER HEIGHTS TX0140023 | PFBA: 8 ng/L PFHxS: 4.8 ng/L PFBS: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
| BELL COUNTY WCID 3 TX0140031 | PFBA: 6.9 ng/L PFHxS: 3.2 ng/L PFBS: 3 ng/L | detected |
| SALADO WSC TX0140035 | 6:2 FTS: 14.2 ng/L PFBA: 6.9 ng/L PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
| US ARMY SOUTH FORT HOOD TX0140107 | PFBA: 9 ng/L PFHxS: 4 ng/L PFPeA: 4 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF MORGANS POINT RESORT TX0140116 | 6:2 FTS: 115 ng/L PFBA: 6.7 ng/L PFBS: 4 ng/L | detected |
| EAST BELL WSC TX0140118 | PFPeA: 6.5 ng/L PFBS: 5.9 ng/L PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
27 facilities in Bell filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 480k lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| US ARMY FORT CAVAZOS RANGE FACILITY | FORT CAVAZOS | Copper, Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) | 260k lb |
| FIBER GLASS SYSTEMS LP | BELTON | Styrene | 79k lb |
| ENGINEERED COMPOSITE SYSTEMS | BELTON | Styrene | 54k lb |
| WILSONART LLC TEMPLE NORTH | TEMPLE | Methanol, Formaldehyde | 45k lb |
| THE PITTSBURGH PAINTS CO. | TEMPLE | Ethylene glycol, Certain glycol ethers | 11k lb |
| VIRON INTERNATIONAL LLC | TEMPLE | Styrene | 10k lb |
| WILSONART SOLID SURFACE | TEMPLE | Methyl methacrylate | 6k lb |
| KILLEEN MARBLE INC | KILLEEN | Styrene | 5k lb |
| WILSONART LLC-ADHESIVE DIV | TEMPLE | Toluene, n-Hexane | 4k lb |
| MGC PURE CHEMICALS AMERICA INC | KILLEEN | Ammonia | 2k lb |
| AMERICAN SPINCAST INC | BELTON | Chromium, Manganese | 2k lb |
| CENTRIFUGAL CASTINGS | TEMPLE | Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region), Nickel compounds | 2k lb |
| TTS DISTRIBUTION INC | TEMPLE | Methanol, Toluene | 329 lb |
| ER CARPENTER LP | TEMPLE | Toluene diisocyanate (mixed isomers), Diisocyanates | 315 lb |
| DELTA CENTRIFUGAL LLC | TEMPLE | Cobalt And Cobalt Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 54 lb |
| ARTCO BELL CORP | TEMPLE | Nickel And Nickel Compounds, Manganese | 38 lb |
| NORTECH LUBRICANT DISTIBUTION SOLUTIONS INC | TEMPLE | Ethylene glycol | 10 lb |
| PALLADIO INDUSTRIES INC. | TEMPLE | Acrylic acid, Acrylonitrile | 9 lb |
| CARGILL FEED & NUTRITION TEMPLE | TEMPLE | - | 0 lb |
| BELTON READY MIX | BELTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - TEMPLE | TEMPLE | - | 0 lb |
| MARS PETCARE US INC. | TEMPLE | - | 0 lb |
| PACTIV LLC | TEMPLE | - | 0 lb |
| TRU BELTON I/TRU BELTON II | BELTON | - | 0 lb |
| REYNOLDS CONSUMER PRODUCTS | TEMPLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 593 tank facilities in Bell: 437 tanks in service and 1,299 closed. 214 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Bell 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 Bell, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- INDECO SALES, INC.BELTON
- ROCKWOOL INDUSTRIES INC.BELTON