Manitowoc, WI
A PlainEnviro-computed score from reported facility/violation counts, not an official EPA rating, health forecast, or population-adjusted rate. See methodology. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against every other tracked county rather than against fixed national thresholds.
Environmental data for Manitowoc in Wisconsin · Population: 81,314
Manitowoc, WI is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 26 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 14 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 59/100 (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 4.0M 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 39 and a peak AQI of 129 in 2024, with 84% 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 | 172 (84%) | 26 | 6 | 129 |
| 2023 | 162 (79%) | 40 | 2 | 177 |
| 2022 | 167 (84%) | 25 | 4 | 182 |
| 2021 | 174 (84%) | 30 | 3 | 119 |
| 2020 | 169 (88%) | 19 | 4 | 136 |
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 Wisconsin, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (14)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| MANITOWOC WATERWORKS | 34,500 | 0 |
| TWO RIVERS WATERWORKS | 11,270 | 3 |
| KIEL WATERWORKS | 3,932 | 3 |
| CLEVELAND WATERWORKS | 1,524 | 1 |
| MISHICOT WATERWORKS | 1,432 | 0 |
| REEDSVILLE WATERWORKS | 1,200 | 4 |
| VALDERS WATERWORKS | 954 | 0 |
| WHITELAW WATERWORKS | 757 | 1 |
| ST NAZIANZ WATERWORKS | 705 | 0 |
| MARIBEL WATERWORKS | 355 | 0 |
| KELLNERSVILLE WATERWORKS | 301 | 5 |
| HOLY FAMILY CONVENT | 195 | 0 |
| QUIET COUNTRY COMMUNITY ASSN | 90 | 0 |
| CHIARA CONVENT | 40 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (26)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manitowoc Public Utilities | 3.0M lbs |
| 2 | Jagemann Plating Co | 510.2K lbs |
| 3 | Tenneco | 225.7K lbs |
| 4 | Broadwind Towers & Heavy Fabrications | 122.5K lbs |
| 5 | Red Arrow Products Co LLC | 85.6K lbs |
| 6 | Wells Cos (formerly Spancrete Industries Inc.) | 52.6K lbs |
| 7 | Eck Industries | 24.6K lbs |
| 8 | Pentair - Manitowoc Ice | 17.0K lbs |
| 9 | Wisconsin Aluminum Foundry Co Inc | 7.6K lbs |
| 10 | Cnh Industrial America LLC (formerly Miller St Nazianz) | 4.5K lbs |
| 11 | Skana Aluminum Co | 1.6K lbs |
| 12 | Spartech LLC | 1.4K lbs |
| 13 | Nextera Energy Point Beach LLC | 1.3K lbs |
| 14 | Manitowoc Tool & Manufacturing LLC | 526 lbs |
| 15 | Parker Hannifin Corp - Hpd | 459 lbs |
| 16 | Jagemann Stamping Co | 358 lbs |
| 17 | Gkn Sinter Metals | 292 lbs |
| 18 | Kdc/one - Northern Labs | 289 lbs |
| 19 | Rockwell Lime Co | 238 lbs |
| 20 | Parker Hannifin Corp Parflex Div | 114 lbs |
| 21 | Household Utilities Inc | 100 lbs |
| 22 | Tramontina US Cookware | 48 lbs |
| 23 | Stoelting a Vollrath Co | 44 lbs |
| 24 | Manitowoc Tool & Machining LLC | 31 lbs |
| 25 | Manitowoc Grey Iron Foundry Inc | 0 lbs |
| 26 | Evm Inc | 0 lbs |
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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.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.