Bristol, MA

Moderate Risk (55/100)

Environmental data for Bristol in Massachusetts

Bristol, MA 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 55/100 (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 2.5M 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 38 and a peak AQI of 108 in 2024, with 88% 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
2.5M 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 322 (88%) 42 2 108
2023 269 (74%) 87 9 137
2022 301 (82%) 63 1 115
2021 279 (76%) 84 2 147
2020 250 (68%) 113 3 119
2024 Good Air Quality: 88% of days
Unhealthy days: 2
Median AQI: 38

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 Massachusetts on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (50)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Metalor Technologies USA 1.0M lbs
2 Acushnet Co Ball Plant II 446.8K lbs
3 Acushnet Co Ball Plant III 315.8K lbs
4 General Metal Finishing LLC 93.1K lbs
5 Waters Technology Corp 66.6K lbs
6 Interplex Etch Logic LLC 59.2K lbs
7 Skyline Composite 57.4K lbs
8 Taunton Municipal Lighting Plant - Cleary Flood Station 47.2K lbs
9 Southcoast Plating Inc 45.8K lbs
10 Metalor Technologies USA Corp Refining Div 44.8K lbs
11 Checon LLC 38.8K lbs
12 Prysmian Cables & Systems USA 36.4K lbs
13 Norking Co Inc 33.1K lbs
14 V&s Taunton Galvanizing LLC 32.0K lbs
15 Cps Technologies Corp 20.6K lbs
16 Swimex Inc. 15.6K lbs
17 Isp Freetown Fine Chemicals Inc 14.6K lbs
18 Leachgarner 11.5K lbs
19 Acushnet Rubber Co D/b/a Precix Inc. 9.0K lbs
20 Rothtec Engraving Corp 9.0K lbs
21 Prysmian Group Specialty Cables LLC 6.7K lbs
22 Borden & Remington Corp 6.7K lbs
23 Ametek Aegis 6.5K lbs
24 Qg Printing II Corp 6.4K lbs
25 Engineered Materials Solutions LLC 6.3K lbs
26 Dartmouth Power Associates L.P. 6.2K lbs
27 Alnylam Pharmaceuticals 5.3K lbs
28 Zapp Precision Strip Inc. 5.3K lbs
29 Rust-Oleum 5.2K lbs
30 Babs Foundry 4.2K lbs
31 V H Blackinton & Co Inc 3.6K lbs
32 Afc Cable Systems 2.5K lbs
33 Ariston Thermo USA (prev Heat Transfer Products) 1.3K lbs
34 Depuy Synthes a Johnson & Johnson Co 1.3K lbs
35 Future Foam Inc 991 lbs
36 Robbins Manufacturing Co 760 lbs
37 Cdaero, LLC 539 lbs
38 Professional Contract Sterilization Inc (pcs) 282 lbs
39 Glines & Rhodes Inc 102 lbs
40 Ulbrich Precision Alloys LLC 89 lbs
41 Next-Gen Supply Group Inc 86 lbs
42 Whirlpool Corp 62 lbs
43 Taco Inc. - Fall River 59 lbs
44 Smith & Nephew 55 lbs
45 Dauphinais Concrete Inc. 17 lbs
46 Oldcastle Apg New England 14 lbs
47 Textile Rubber & Chemical Co 10 lbs
48 Airborn Electronics Inc 3 lbs
49 Boro Sand & Stone Corp 1 lbs
50 Preferred Concrete Corp 1 lbs

Cities in Bristol (19)

Mansfield
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3 facilities · 1 water
South Easton
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1 facilities · 1 water
Assonet
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1 facilities · 1 water
Attleboro
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14 facilities · 2 water
South Attleboro
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1 facilities · 0 water
Dartmouth
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1 facilities · 1 water
North Dartmouth
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2 facilities · 0 water
East Freetown
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2 facilities · 0 water
Fall River
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8 facilities · 1 water
New Bedford
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10 facilities · 2 water
Acushnet
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1 facilities · 2 water
North Attleboro
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4 facilities · 0 water
Attleboro Falls
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2 facilities · 0 water
North Dighton
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1 facilities · 3 water
Norton
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3 facilities · 2 water
Raynham
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1 facilities · 4 water
Rehoboth
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1 facilities · 1 water
Taunton
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9 facilities · 1 water
Attleboro, Norton
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0 facilities · 0 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Bristol, Massachusetts?
Bristol, MA has an environmental risk score of 55/100 (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 Bristol?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Bristol, MA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Bristol?
Bristol, MA has 50 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 2.5M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Bristol?
In 2024, Bristol, MA recorded a median AQI of 38 and a peak AQI of 108. 88% 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 Bristol?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Bristol, MA in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Bristol?
Environmental compliance in Bristol, Massachusetts is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Massachusetts 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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Data sourced from U.S. EPA environmental datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro Editorial