Ector County, TX
The federal environmental record for Ector County (population 164,494): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
5
Superfund NPL sites
13
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
15
TRI facilities
10
open tank releases
Superfund NPL sites
| Site | City | Status | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| East 67th Street Ground Water Plume | Odessa | on the NPL | 03/07/2007 |
| Northwest Odessa Groundwater | Odessa | on the NPL | 09/09/2021 |
| Odessa Chromium #1 | Odessa | on the NPL | 06/10/1986 |
| Odessa Chromium #2 (Andrews Highway) | Odessa | deleted | 06/10/1986 |
| Sprague Road Ground Water Plume | Odessa | on the NPL | 09/25/1997 |
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ector 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 ODESSA TX0680002 | PFBA: 5.4 ng/L PFHxS: 4.9 ng/L PFBS: 4.5 ng/L | detected |
| ECTOR COUNTY UTILITY DISTRICT TX0680235 | PFBA: 36.9 ng/L PFHxS: 5.4 ng/L PFBS: 4.9 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
15 facilities in Ector filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 302k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GCC PERMIAN LLC - ODESSA CEMENT PLANT | ODESSA | Ammonia, Chromium | 80k lb |
| CHAMPIONX-ODESSA PLANT | ODESSA | Ammonia, Methanol | 61k lb |
| CATALYST OILFIELD SERVICES 2016 LLC | GARDENDALE | Ethylene glycol, Certain glycol ethers | 52k lb |
| DCP GOLDSMITH PLANT | GOLDSMITH | Hydrogen sulfide, Cyclohexane | 28k lb |
| HALLIBURTON ODESSA FIELD CAMP | ODESSA | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 26k lb |
| REXTAC LLC | ODESSA | Propylene, Ethylene | 22k lb |
| UNIVAR SOLUTIONS USA INC ODESSA | ODESSA | Xylene (mixed isomers), Ethylene glycol | 12k lb |
| COASTAL CHEMICAL CO. LLC | ODESSA | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 11k lb |
| PILOT THOMAS LOGISTICS LLC - ODESSA ANDREWS HIGHWAY | ODESSA | Methanol, Ethylene glycol | 4k lb |
| JAMES LAKE GAS PLANT | GOLDSMITH | n-Hexane, Methanol | 2k lb |
| BRENNTAG SOUTHWEST INC ODESSA | ODESSA | Methanol, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 2k lb |
| VERDANT ENERGY SOLUTIONS -ODESSA | ODESSA | Toluene, Methanol | 2k lb |
| ODESSA BABBITT BEARING CO | ODESSA | - | 0 lb |
| TROY VINES ODESSA PLANT | ODESSA | Lead | 0 lb |
| ACE PRONTO YARD | ODESSA | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 587 tank facilities in Ector: 275 tanks in service and 1,166 closed. 253 fuel releases are on record, of which 10 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ector 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 Ector, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- EAST 67TH STREET GROUND WATER PLUMEODESSA
- ECTOR DRUMODESSA
- GULF NUCLEARODESSA
- HOOD MERCURY RESPONSETAFT
- LEIGH METAL COATING AND MACHININGODESSA
- MACHINE AND CASTING, INC.ODESSA
- NATIONAL CHROMIUM CORP ODESSA IND PARKODESSA
- NORTH ANDREWS HIGHWAY GROUND WATER PLUMEODESSA
- NORTHWEST ODESSA GROUNDWATERODESSA
- ODESSA ASBESTOSODESSA
- ODESSA CHROMIUM #1ODESSA
- ODESSA CHROMIUM #2 (ANDREWS HIGHWAY)ODESSA
- SPRAGUE ROAD GROUND WATER PLUMEODESSA