Alachua, FL
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Environmental data for Alachua in Florida · Population: 281,751
Alachua, FL is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 10 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 15 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 45/100 (Moderate Risk), calibrated against national distributions for facility density, chemical release volume, Superfund concentration, and water-system health violations.
Industrial disclosures inside the county total 867.9K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 9 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 38 and a peak AQI of 94 in 2024, with 86% of observed days rated "Good" (0–50).
All figures below draw directly from federal EPA records, TRI self-reported emissions, SDWIS compliance history, NPL Hazard Ranking System scores, and AQS daily AQI summaries, and are not adjusted, weighted, or forecast. A past violation or elevated score does not itself indicate current unsafe conditions; it documents the regulatory and disclosure history publicly filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the most recent reporting cycle.
Air Quality History (2020–2024)
EPA Air Quality Index (AQI) data showing how many days per year fall into each air quality category.
| Year | Good | Moderate | Unhealthy (SG) | Max AQI |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 300 (86%) | 49 | 0 | 94 |
| 2023 | 270 (74%) | 94 | 1 | 104 |
| 2022 | 292 (81%) | 70 | 0 | 84 |
| 2021 | 308 (85%) | 56 | 0 | 84 |
| 2020 | 274 (75%) | 91 | 1 | 105 |
Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County AQI categories: Good (0-50), Moderate (51-100), Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups (101-150), Unhealthy (151-200), Very Unhealthy (201-300), Hazardous (301+)
For real-time air quality readings and pollutant breakdowns in Florida, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (15)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| GRU - MURPHREE WTP | 195,681 | 0 |
| ALACHUA WTP | 8,220 | 1 |
| HIGH SPRINGS WTP | 5,795 | 14 |
| NEWBERRY WTP | 3,885 | 0 |
| HAWTHORNE WTP | 2,275 | 0 |
| ARCHER WATER SYSTEM | 1,500 | 0 |
| WALDO WTP | 1,042 | 3 |
| MICANOPY WATER SYSTEM | 605 | 21 |
| LAKE ALTO ESTATES MHP | 325 | 1 |
| WESTGATE MANOR MHP | 300 | 0 |
| SANTA FE HILLS SUBDIVISION | 200 | 2 |
| ANDREWS FARM WATER CO.,INC. | 150 | 4 |
| SERENITY OAK | 110 | 0 |
| OAK TREE CIRCLE PARK LLC | 70 | 29 |
| HIDE-A-WAY ACRES | 68 | 1 |
TRI Facilities (10)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sivance LLC | 569.0K lbs |
| 2 | Argos Newberry Plant | 256.8K lbs |
| 3 | Gainesville Regional Utilities Deerhaven Generating Station | 41.7K lbs |
| 4 | Perma-Fix of Florida | 457 lbs |
| 5 | Air Liquide Advanced Materials Inc | 21 lbs |
| 6 | Gainesville Ready Mix Plant | 2 lbs |
| 7 | Bear Archery Inc DBA Escalade Sports | 1 lbs |
| 8 | Argos USA High Springs Concrete Plant | 0 lbs |
| 9 | Cemex Gainesville North | 0 lbs |
| 10 | Nano Adm Facility | 0 lbs |
Cities in Alachua (4)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.