Fairfax city, VA
The federal environmental record for Fairfax city (population 25,144): 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
6
PFAS-detecting water systems
7
TRI facilities
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Fairfax 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FORT BELVOIR VA6059450 | PFPeA: 21.2 ng/L PFBA: 19.2 ng/L PFHxA: 16.5 ng/L | above final limit |
| FORT BELVOIR NORTH AREA VA6059455 | PFBA: 21.3 ng/L PFPeA: 21.3 ng/L PFHxA: 17.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| FAIRFAX COUNTY WATER AUTHORITY VA6059501 | PFPeA: 21.5 ng/L PFBA: 17.6 ng/L PFHxA: 17.1 ng/L | above final limit |
| DULLES AIRPORT VA6059050 | PFPeA: 3.2 ng/L | detected |
| HERNDON, TOWN OF VA6059550 | PFBA: 6.8 ng/L PFPeA: 3.9 ng/L PFHxA: 3.1 ng/L | detected |
| VIENNA, TOWN OF VA6059800 | PFPeA: 5.4 ng/L PFHxA: 3.8 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
7 facilities in Fairfax filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 1k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| VIRGINIA CONCRETE EDSALL ROAD PLANT | SPRINGFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead | 963 lb |
| SICPA SECURINK CORP | SPRINGFIELD | Certain glycol ethers | 250 lb |
| TITAN VIRGINIA READY-MIX LLC-CENTREVILLE PLANT | CENTREVILLE | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead | 58 lb |
| TITAN VIRGINIA READY-MIX LLC-SPRINGFIELD PLANT | SPRINGFIELD | Nitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Lead And Lead Compounds | 57 lb |
| US ARMY GARRISON FORT BELVOIR | FORT BELVOIR | - | 0 lb |
| BREN MAR | ALEXANDRIA | - | 0 lb |
| HOLCIM NEWINGTON RMC | LORTON | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 121 tank facilities in Fairfax: 66 tanks in service and 322 closed. 91 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Fairfax as Zone 1, the highest predicted indoor radon levels (over 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.
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