Berkeley County, WV
The federal environmental record for Berkeley County (population 132,440): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
2
federal cleanup sites
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
9
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Berkeley 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BERKELEY CO P S W D-BUNKER HILL WV3300202 | PFPeA: 19.5 ng/L PFBA: 8.6 ng/L PFHxA: 5 ng/L | detected |
| MARTINSBURG CITY OF WV3300212 | PFPeA: 16.8 ng/L PFBA: 9.1 ng/L PFHxA: 8.1 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Berkeley filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 314k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNAUF INSULATION INC. | INWOOD | Ammonia, Manganese compounds | 146k lb |
| CONTINENTAL BRICK CO | MARTINSBURG | Hydrogen fluoride, Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 78k lb |
| QUAD/GRAPHICS INC | MARTINSBURG | Toluene, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 64k lb |
| ARGOS USA - MARTINSBURG | MARTINSBURG | Ammonia, Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 12k lb |
| MAAX US CORP. | MARTINSBURG | Styrene, Methyl methacrylate | 7k lb |
| ECOLAB INC | MARTINSBURG | Certain glycol ethers, Nitric acid | 4k lb |
| CHEM-PAK INC | MARTINSBURG | n-Hexane | 2k lb |
| PROCTER & GAMBLE TABLER STATION MANUFACTURING PLANT | INWOOD | Zinc compounds, 1,3,4,6,7,8-Hexahydro-4,6,6,7,8,8-hexamethylcyclopenta[g]-2-benzopyran | 992 lb |
| CONCRETE PIPE & PRECAST LLC-MARTINSBURG PRECAST PLANT | MARTINSBURG | Lead | 128 lb |
| VARIFORM INC. | MARTINSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| ASSOCIATED ASPHALT MARTINSBURG LLC | MARTINSBURG | - | 0 lb |
| BUREAU OF ALCOHOL TOBACCO FIREARMS & EXPLOSIVES | MARTINSBURG | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 206 tank facilities in Berkeley: 137 tanks in service and 540 closed. 86 fuel releases are on record, of which 9 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Berkeley 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.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Berkeley, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CITY HOSPITAL INCMARTINSBURG
- SHEPHERD FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARDMARTINSBURG