Alameda, CA

Moderate Risk (57/100)

Environmental data for Alameda in California

Alameda, CA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 50 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 57/100 (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 9.3M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 49 and a peak AQI of 105 in 2024, with 53% 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.

TRI Facilities
50
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
9.3M lbs

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 194 (53%) 171 1 105
2023 197 (54%) 155 13 130
2022 185 (51%) 175 5 122
2021 155 (42%) 200 9 151
2020 169 (46%) 177 8 243
2024 Good Air Quality: 53% of days
Unhealthy days: 1
Median AQI: 49

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 detailed air quality monitoring data, pollutant breakdowns, and metro-level AQI trends, see Air Quality in California on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (50)

# Facility Total Releases
1 US Pipe & Foundry Co LLC 3.9M lbs
2 Tesla Inc 3.0M lbs
3 Safety-Kleen Inc 1.1M lbs
4 Western Digital Technologies - Fremont 505.1K lbs
5 Ab&i Foundry 436.1K lbs
6 Tesla Inc. 167.8K lbs
7 Quantumclean 85.3K lbs
8 Safeway Milk Plant 44.0K lbs
9 Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals 28.4K lbs
10 Pcc Structurals-San Leandro 14.7K lbs
11 Confluent Medical Technologies 13.6K lbs
12 Pacific Galvanizing Inc. 13.4K lbs
13 Gillig 10.7K lbs
14 Rohm & Haas Chemicals LLC 9.7K lbs
15 Google LLC 9.6K lbs
16 Royal Chemical Co 9.4K lbs
17 Commercial Pattern Inc 7.0K lbs
18 Pentagon Technologies Inc 5.2K lbs
19 US Coast Guard Base Alameda 2.3K lbs
20 Applied Biosystems LLC 2.1K lbs
21 Certainteed LLC 1.6K lbs
22 Ekc Technology Inc. 1.4K lbs
23 Mission Valley Rock 1.2K lbs
24 Ball Screws & Actuators Co. Inc. 1.1K lbs
25 Chemical Compounding Co 665 lbs
26 Fxi Inc 516 lbs
27 Electro-Coatings of California Inc 484 lbs
28 Aerc Recycling Solutions 392 lbs
29 US Doe Sandia National Labs/california 254 lbs
30 Transene Co Oakland 130 lbs
31 Oldcastle Precast Inc 110 lbs
32 Christy 96 lbs
33 Heat & Control Inc 30 lbs
34 Thermionics Metal Processing Inc. 30 lbs
35 Central Concrete Supply Co. Inc. - Oakland 22 lbs
36 Right Away Redi-Mix - Pleasanton Facility 8 lbs
37 Right Away Redi-Mix - Oakland Facility 7 lbs
38 Right Away Redy Mix Inc 3 lbs
39 U.S. Doe Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 3 lbs
40 Bay Area Circuits Inc 2 lbs
41 Central Concrete Supply Co Inc - Pleasanton 2 lbs
42 Quikrete - Fremont Ca Plant 1 lbs
43 Central Concrete Supply Co Inc - Hayward 1 lbs
44 Cemex Oakland 1 lbs
45 Rapiscan Laboratories Inc 0 lbs
46 Alpha Ems 0 lbs
47 Asteelflash USA Corp. 0 lbs
48 Intematix Corp 0 lbs
49 Sew Eurodrive 0 lbs
50 Sonoco Protective Solutions Inc 0 lbs

Cities in Alameda (11)

Hayward
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12 facilities · 2 water
Fremont
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18 facilities · 3 water
Livermore
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4 facilities · 5 water
Newark
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2 facilities · 0 water
Pleasanton
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5 facilities · 4 water
San Leandro
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3 facilities · 1 water
Union City
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4 facilities · 0 water
Sunol
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1 facilities · 0 water
Oakland
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7 facilities · 5 water
Berkeley
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2 facilities · 0 water
Alameda
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1 facilities · 0 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Alameda, California?
Alameda, CA has an environmental risk score of 57/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 50 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Alameda?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Alameda, CA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Alameda?
Alameda, CA has 50 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 9.3M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Alameda?
In 2024, Alameda, CA recorded a median AQI of 49 and a peak AQI of 105. 53% of monitored days had "Good" air quality (AQI 0–50). Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County.
Is the drinking water safe in Alameda?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Alameda, CA in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Alameda?
Environmental compliance in Alameda, California is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the California state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

What does this county environmental profile show?

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.

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