Franklin, WA
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology.
Environmental data for Franklin in Washington · Population: 97,676
Franklin, WA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 10 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 25 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 44/100 (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 814.5K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 6 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 20 and a peak AQI of 75 in 2024, with 90% 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 | 313 (90%) | 34 | 0 | 75 |
| 2023 | 270 (88%) | 32 | 2 | 255 |
| 2022 | 269 (82%) | 56 | 0 | 170 |
| 2021 | 297 (93%) | 23 | 0 | 84 |
| 2020 | 313 (93%) | 15 | 0 | 284 |
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 Washington, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (25)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| PASCO WATER DEPARTMENT | 116,342 | 0 |
| CONNELL CITY OF | 5,150 | 1 |
| Basin City Water Sewer District | 1,740 | 1 |
| Great Basin Water Burbank | 656 | 10 |
| Great Basin Water Kiona | 520 | 0 |
| MESA WATER DEPARTMENT | 495 | 0 |
| KAHLOTUS CITY OF | 262 | 0 |
| Clark Addition Water System | 189 | 0 |
| RANGEVIEW | 122 | 6 |
| SCOOTENAY WATER ASSN INC | 120 | 0 |
| Eltopia Water Association | 100 | 0 |
| Great Basin Water Sunrise | 100 | 0 |
| NORTH SLOPE ESTATES PROPERTY | 97 | 3 |
| Hi-Point Housing | 96 | 0 |
| Canyon Farm Camp | 96 | 0 |
| Graystone WS | 94 | 0 |
| RIVER RIDGE ESTATES | 77 | 0 |
| PREDATOR RIDGE | 66 | 0 |
| J & B Orchards - South | 63 | 0 |
| SUNSET DOMESTIC WATER ASSN | 60 | 0 |
| LAKEVIEW | 48 | 3 |
| OAKDELL FARMS LLC | 47 | 0 |
| KEPPS ACRES ASSOCIATION | 35 | 0 |
| NORTH 16 DOMESTIC WATER ASSN | 29 | 0 |
| WAGON WHEEL ESTATE | 25 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (10)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pasco Processing LLC | 398.0K lbs |
| 2 | Lamb Weston Inc. Connell Plant | 205.4K lbs |
| 3 | Lamb Weston Inc Pasco Plant | 136.0K lbs |
| 4 | Tidewater Terminal Co Snake River Terminal | 39.8K lbs |
| 5 | Tesoro Logistics Pasco Terminal | 15.8K lbs |
| 6 | Verdesian Life Sciences | 10.9K lbs |
| 7 | American Rock Products Pasco | 8.0K lbs |
| 8 | Simplot Frozen Vegetables LLC | 375 lbs |
| 9 | Safety-Kleen Systems Pasco (pas) | 84 lbs |
| 10 | Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions Inc. - Pasco | 0 lbs |
Cities in Franklin (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.