Franklin city, VA
The federal environmental record for Franklin city (population 8,339): 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
0
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Franklin 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 |
|---|---|---|
| WESTLAKE AREA PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM VA5067244 | PFPeA: 3.4 ng/L | detected |
| ROCKY MOUNT, TOWN OF VA5067840 | PFBA: 6.9 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
4 facilities in Franklin filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 12k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLUE RIDGE SOLVENTS & COATINGS | HENRY | Toluene, n-Butyl alcohol | 12k lb |
| GREAT SOUTHERN WOOD - VA INC. | ROCKY MOUNT | - | 0 lb |
| MW MANUFACTURERS INC | ROCKY MOUNT | - | 0 lb |
| FLEETWOOD HOMES OF VIRGINIA INC 19-2 | ROCKY MOUNT | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 68 tank facilities in Franklin: 51 tanks in service and 174 closed. 21 fuel releases are on record, of which 0 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Franklin 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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