Gonzales County, TX
The federal environmental record for Gonzales County (population 19,930): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
2
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Gonzales 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 GONZALES TX0890001 | 6:2 FTS: 597 ng/L PFPeA: 8.9 ng/L PFHxA: 5.2 ng/L | detected |
| GONZALES COUNTY WSC TX0890006 | PFBA: 6.1 ng/L PFPeA: 4.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Gonzales filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 38k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| EOG RESOURCES INC SHINER HUB | GONZALES | Formaldehyde, n-Hexane | 38k lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - GONZALES | GONZALES | - | 0 lb |
| TYSON FARMS INC GONZALES FEED MILL | GONZALES | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 101 tank facilities in Gonzales: 62 tanks in service and 202 closed. 43 fuel releases are on record, of which 2 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Gonzales 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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