Nolan County, TX
The federal environmental record for Nolan County (population 14,306): 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
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
1
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Nolan 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 SWEETWATER TX1770002 | PFBA: 6.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Nolan filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 275k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONE STAR INDUSTRIES DBA BUZZI UNICEM USA | MARYNEAL | Ammonia, Hydrogen cyanide | 275k lb |
| PVS DX INC | SWEETWATER | Chlorine | 128 lb |
| GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC | SWEETWATER | Lead compounds | 33 lb |
| US GYPSUM | SWEETWATER | Mercury And Mercury Compounds, Lead And Lead Compounds | 9 lb |
| LUDLUM MEASUREMENTS INC | SWEETWATER | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 128 tank facilities in Nolan: 64 tanks in service and 247 closed. 47 fuel releases are on record, of which 1 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Nolan 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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