Brazos County, TX
The federal environmental record for Brazos County (population 244,703): 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
3
PFAS-detecting water systems
10
TRI facilities
12
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Brazos 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 COLLEGE STATION TX0210002 | PFBA: 8.9 ng/L PFHxA: 5.9 ng/L PFPeA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
| WICKSON CREEK SUD TX0210005 | 6:2 FTS: 12.7 ng/L PFBS: 3.6 ng/L | detected |
| WELLBORN SUD TX0210016 | PFPeA: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
10 facilities in Brazos filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1.9M lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDERSON FARMS LLC | BRYAN | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Ammonia | 1.8M lb |
| TOYO INK AMERICA LLC | BRYAN | Toluene, Butyl acrylate | 104k lb |
| SAINT-GOBAIN NORPRO | BRYAN | Formic acid, Hydrogen fluoride | 4k lb |
| HONEYWELL ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS LLC | BRYAN | Ammonia, Hydrogen fluoride | 3k lb |
| COASTAL CHEMICAL CO. LLC | BRYAN | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 2k lb |
| MESA MARBLE & STONE CO. INC . DBA MARBLE-CRAFT | BRYAN | Styrene | 1k lb |
| MW MANUFACTURERS INC. | BRYAN | 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene | 1k lb |
| AXIS PIPE & TUBE LLC | BRYAN | - | 0 lb |
| LIQUIDPOWER FLOW IMPROVER BRYAN PLANT | BRYAN | - | 0 lb |
| KNIFE RIVER CORP-SOUTH BRYAN ASPHALT PLANT | BRYAN | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Benzo[g,h,i]perylene | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 410 tank facilities in Brazos: 317 tanks in service and 808 closed. 168 fuel releases are on record, of which 12 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Brazos 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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