Ohio County, WV
The federal environmental record for Ohio County (population 41,194): 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
5
TRI facilities
17
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Ohio 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 |
|---|---|---|
| OHIO COUNTY PSD WV3303508 | PFHxS: 4.7 ng/L PFBS: 3.7 ng/L | detected |
| WHEELING WATER WV3303516 | PFBS: 3.7 ng/L PFHxS: 3.3 ng/L | detected |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
5 facilities in Ohio filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 118k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| AES INDUSTRIES INC | WHEELING | Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22), Manganese | 70k lb |
| OHIO COUNTY COAL RESOURCES INC. | DALLAS | Lead, Mercury | 47k lb |
| SWISHER INTERNATIONAL INC | WHEELING | Nicotine and salts | 1k lb |
| SAFETY-KLEEN SYSTEMS WHEELING (WHE) | WHEELING | Ethylene glycol | 1 lb |
| NAIL CITY BRONZE | WHEELING | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 202 tank facilities in Ohio: 78 tanks in service and 524 closed. 104 fuel releases are on record, of which 17 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Ohio 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 - $39