Washington County, UT
The federal environmental record for Washington County (population 202,452): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
7
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
5
TRI facilities
16
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Washington 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HILDALE - COLORADO CITY UTAH27006 | PFOS: 26 ng/L PFHxS: 22 ng/L PFBS: 17 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Washington filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 2k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| DFA DAIRY BRANDS ICE CREAM LLC DBA MEADOW GOLD ICE CREAM | SAINT GEORGE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Nitric acid | 2k lb |
| S&S STEEL FABRICATION | HURRICANE | Manganese | 16 lb |
| ST GEORGE STEEL LLC | SAINT GEORGE | Manganese, Chromium | 14 lb |
| SUNROC CORP - FORT PIERCE FACILITY | SAINT GEORGE | Polycyclic aromatic compounds, Lead | 0 lb |
| SUNROC CORP - HURRICANE | HURRICANE | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 206 tank facilities in Washington: 250 tanks in service and 389 closed. 156 fuel releases are on record, of which 16 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Washington 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 Washington, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 5M INC. STAGING AREA2 MILES FROM LEEDS
- BIG HILL/CHLORIDE CHIEF MINESLEEDS
- HOLLY-GRAPE MERCURYST. GEORGE
- HURRICANE MESA TEST SITEVIRGIN
- IVINS WASTE DISPOSALIVINS
- OMG AIR EMISSIONSST. GEORGE
- ST. GEORGE MERCURYST. GEORGE