Forsyth, GA
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology.
Environmental data for Forsyth in Georgia · Population: 260,062
TRI sites such as Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients Cumming; Tn Georgia; Tyson Poultry Inc-Processing Plant; SDWIS systems such as FORSYTH CO. WATER & SEWER; CUMMING; SHADY SHORES SUBDIVISION anchor Forsyth, GA's EPA extract. Derived burden score 29/100 (Low Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Forsyth include WOODHAVEN MOBILE HOME PARK, while Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients Cumming leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 29/100 (Low Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Forsyth -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Forsyth, GA: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-38.4%
14 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-38.4%
93.2 thousand lb → 57.4 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 0 facilities filed for the first time and 2 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Forsyth, GA's total reported releases fell from 93.2 thousand lb in 2022 to 57.4 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Forsyth, GA's off-site transfers fell from 52.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 14.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Forsyth, GA's air releases rose from 35.0 thousand lb in 2022 to 37.5 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Forsyth, GA's chemicals reported fell from 16 in 2022 to 15 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (9)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| FORSYTH CO. WATER & SEWER | 161,200 | 0 |
| CUMMING | 58,661 | 0 |
| SHADY SHORES SUBDIVISION | 1,632 | 0 |
| COLONIAL CLUB ESTATES | 416 | 0 |
| DEERWOOD WATER SYSTEMS, INC. | 405 | 0 |
| WOODHAVEN MOBILE HOME PARK | 350 | 69 |
| LANIER WOODS SUBDIVISION | 182 | 0 |
| BEAVER RUIN SUBDIVISION | 105 | 0 |
| WOOD CREEK SUBDIVISION | 95 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (16)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tyson Poultry Inc. River Valley Ingredients Cumming | 218.2K lbs |
| 2 | Tn Georgia | 123.1K lbs |
| 3 | Tyson Poultry Inc-Processing Plant | 26.0K lbs |
| 4 | Solvay Specialty Polymers USA Llc-Alpharetta | 24.5K lbs |
| 5 | Innovative Water Care LLC | 12.9K lbs |
| 6 | L3HARRIS Aviation Products Inc | 429 lbs |
| 7 | Roto-Die Co Inc. | 9 lbs |
| 8 | Argos Cumming Concrete Plant | 1 lbs |
| 9 | Thomas Concrete - Cumming West | 1 lbs |
| 10 | Thomas Concrete - Cumming | 0 lbs |
| 11 | Chemence Inc. | 0 lbs |
| 12 | Hopewell Designs Inc. | 0 lbs |
| 13 | Ready Mix USA Llc-Johns Creek Plant | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Wikoff Color Corp | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Innovative Circuits Inc | 0 lbs |
| 16 | Koch Foods Inc. | 0 lbs |
Cities in Forsyth (2)
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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.