Lubbock County, TX
The federal environmental record for Lubbock County (population 320,940): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
18
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Lubbock 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 |
|---|---|---|
| LUBBOCK PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM TX1520002 | PFBA: 10.9 ng/L | detected |
| CITY OF SLATON TX1520004 | 6:2 FTS: 7.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
18 facilities in Lubbock filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 207k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| 348 - LUBBOCK OILSEEDS | LUBBOCK | n-Hexane | 174k lb |
| PYCO INDUSTRIES INC AVENUE A FACILITY | LUBBOCK | n-Hexane | 14k lb |
| TCI COATINGS LLC | LUBBOCK | Xylene (mixed isomers), Certain glycol ethers | 10k lb |
| TRUENORTH LUBBOCK | LUBBOCK | Styrene, Manganese | 6k lb |
| SOLUGEN SLATON FACILITY | SLATON | Ethylene glycol, Methanol | 1k lb |
| PRO PETROLEUM LLC | LUBBOCK | Toluene, Benzene | 594 lb |
| X-FAB TEXAS INC | LUBBOCK | Hydrogen fluoride, Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 473 lb |
| TYCO FIRE PROTECTION PRODUCTS | LUBBOCK | Copper And Copper Compounds, Zinc compounds | 255 lb |
| HYDRITE CHEMICAL CO. | LUBBOCK | Nitric acid, Certain glycol ethers | 106 lb |
| LEPRINO FOODS CO LUBBOCK TEXAS FACILITY | LUBBOCK | Ammonia | 79 lb |
| DFA DAIRY BRANDS FLUID LLC DBA GANDY'S | LUBBOCK | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 10 lb |
| SCOTT MANUFACTURING INC | WOLFFORTH | Lead | 5 lb |
| PURINA ANIMAL NUTRITION LLC - LUBBOCK | LUBBOCK | - | 0 lb |
| WESTERN MARKETING INC. | LUBBOCK | - | 0 lb |
| FORTERRA CONCRETE OPERATIONS | LUBBOCK | Lead | 0 lb |
| INGRAM CONCRETE - LUBBOCK NORTH | LUBBOCK | Lead | 0 lb |
| ERGON ASPHALT & EMULSIONS INC. - LUBBOCK | LUBBOCK | - | 0 lb |
| MM - LUBBOCK READY MIX | LUBBOCK | Lead compounds | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 983 tank facilities in Lubbock: 384 tanks in service and 2,228 closed. 427 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Lubbock as Zone 2, moderate predicted indoor radon (2 to 4 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 Lubbock, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- I-27 RECYCLING CENTERLUBBOCK
- SCRUB-A-DUBB BARREL COMPANY (NORTH)LUBBOCK
- US DEPT AIR FORCE REESE EDUCATION TRAINING COMMANDLUBBOCK