Ellis County, TX
The federal environmental record for Ellis County (population 222,829): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
8
federal cleanup sites
8
PFAS-detecting water systems
37
TRI facilities
4
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ellis 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 MIDLOTHIAN TX0700005 | PFBA: 12.4 ng/L PFPeA: 10.1 ng/L PFHxA: 9 ng/L | above final limit |
| MOUNTAIN PEAK SUD TX0700042 | PFBA: 9.7 ng/L PFPeA: 7.2 ng/L PFOS: 6.2 ng/L | above final limit |
| CITY OF ENNIS TX0700001 | PFPeA: 17.3 ng/L PFHxA: 13.2 ng/L PFBA: 12 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF WAXAHACHIE TX0700008 | PFPeA: 12.1 ng/L PFBA: 11.6 ng/L PFHxA: 8.7 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF RED OAK TX0700031 | PFBA: 10.2 ng/L PFPeA: 6.1 ng/L PFHxA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
| ROCKETT SUD TX0700033 | PFBA: 7.9 ng/L PFPeA: 7.4 ng/L PFHxA: 5.8 ng/L | detected |
| SARDIS LONE ELM WSC TX0700034 | PFBA: 7.8 ng/L PFPeA: 5.8 ng/L PFHxA: 5.6 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF OVILLA TX0700067 | PFBA: 10.5 ng/L PFPeA: 7.2 ng/L PFHxA: 6.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
37 facilities in Ellis filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2.4M lb released. The 25 largest by volume:
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPARRAL STEEL MIDLOTHIAN LP | MIDLOTHIAN | Zinc compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 923k lb |
| HOLCIM (US) INC. | MIDLOTHIAN | Hydrogen cyanide, Benzene | 601k lb |
| OWENS CORNING INSULATING SYSTEMS LLC - WAXAHACHIE | WAXAHACHIE | Manganese compounds, Ammonia | 405k lb |
| MARTIN MARIETTA NORTH TEXAS CEMENT LLC | MIDLOTHIAN | Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Manganese compounds | 169k lb |
| THE PRAXIS COS LLC | ENNIS | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 100k lb |
| POLYNT COMPOSITES USA INC. - ENNIS | ENNIS | Maleic anhydride, Phthalic anhydride | 73k lb |
| ASH GROVE CEMENT CO | MIDLOTHIAN | Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Zinc compounds | 53k lb |
| US ALUMINUM CORP | WAXAHACHIE | Diisocyanates, Xylene (mixed isomers) | 35k lb |
| ELK CO OF TEXAS LLC | ENNIS | Formaldehyde, Methanol | 15k lb |
| ENNIS-FLINT NORTH | ENNIS | Methanol, 4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol | 14k lb |
| MARTECH | MIDLOTHIAN | Styrene | 12k lb |
| BUCKLEY OIL CO - MIDLOTHIAN SITE | MIDLOTHIAN | n-Hexane, Methanol | 9k lb |
| FRESHPET | ENNIS | Ammonia | 7k lb |
| AIRGAS SPECIALTY PRODUCTS-WAXAHACHIE TX | WAXAHACHIE | Ammonia, Dimethylamine | 6k lb |
| 1I BRANCH - SPECIALTY SERVICES COMPLEX | WAXAHACHIE | Ammonia | 6k lb |
| POLYGUARD PRODUCTS | ENNIS | n-Hexane, Toluene | 3k lb |
| TAMKO BUILDING PRODUCTS LLC | ENNIS | Formaldehyde | 3k lb |
| SCHIRM USA INC. | ENNIS | Oxyfluorfen, Naphthalene | 1k lb |
| SHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO | ENNIS | Toluene, Ethylbenzene | 763 lb |
| LIPPERT PLANT 241 | WAXAHACHIE | Manganese, Chromium | 539 lb |
| GS II INC. | ENNIS | Copper compounds, Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 503 lb |
| WAXAHACHIE - POWDER (DR) | WAXAHACHIE | Thiourea | 227 lb |
| QUALICO STEEL CO INC TEXAS DIV | MIDLOTHIAN | Manganese | 164 lb |
| ENNIS ASPHALT STORAGE FACILITY | ENNIS | Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 49 lb |
| JAMES HARDIE BUILDING PRODUCTS WAXAHACHIE | WAXAHACHIE | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 3 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 324 tank facilities in Ellis: 277 tanks in service and 600 closed. 140 fuel releases are on record, of which 4 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ellis 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 Ellis, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- C & G AIRCRAFT CHEMICAL RELEASEFERRIS
- CLEAN EARTH ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS INC- AVALON FACILITYAVALON
- GERDAU MIDLOTHIAN PLANTMIDLOTHIAN
- MAGNABLEND CHEMICAL FIREWAXAHACHIE
- MAGNABLEND CHLORINE RELEASEWAXAHACHIE
- OAK CLIFF RECYCLING INCWAXAHACHIE
- SCHIRM USA INC.ENNIS
- TANK WORKS HCL RELEASEWAXAHACHI