Walker County, TX
The federal environmental record for Walker County (population 81,268): 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
4
TRI facilities
5
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Walker 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 HUNTSVILLE TX2360001 | PFPeA: 19.4 ng/L PFHxA: 17.9 ng/L PFBA: 12.9 ng/L | above final limit |
| RIVERSIDE SUD TX2360010 | PFPeA: 6.6 ng/L PFBS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Walker filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 7k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNER GLASS PRODUCTS INC | HUNTSVILLE | Xylene (mixed isomers) | 6k lb |
| EXXONMOBIL HUNTSVILLE POLYOLEFIN THERMOSET RESIN PLANT | HUNTSVILLE | Dicyclopentadiene, Diisocyanates | 510 lb |
| WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL HUNTSVILLE MANUFACTURING | HUNTSVILLE | Manganese, Nickel | 404 lb |
| UFP NEW WAVERLY | NEW WAVERLY | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 171 tank facilities in Walker: 172 tanks in service and 276 closed. 61 fuel releases are on record, of which 5 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Walker 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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