Oconee, SC
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Environmental data for Oconee in South Carolina · Population: 79,566
Oconee, SC is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 16 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 21 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 46/100 (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 991.6K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 7 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. No EPA Air Quality System monitors currently report data for this county.
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.
Water Systems (21)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| WALHALLA CITY OF (SC3710004) | 18,511 | 0 |
| PIONEER RURAL WATER DIST (SC3720001) | 17,121 | 0 |
| WESTMINSTER CITY OF (3710003) | 8,085 | 0 |
| SALEM TOWN OF (SC3710001) | 6,444 | 1 |
| KEOWEE KEY UTILITY SYSTEM INC (3750023) | 4,108 | 0 |
| VIEW AT THE PIER THE (SC3770300) | 864 | 0 |
| CHICKASAW POINT (SC3750010) | 823 | 2 |
| HARTS COVE AND TORY POINTE (SC3750029) | 560 | 0 |
| CRAWFORD EDGE (SC3970303) | 552 | 0 |
| WEST UNION TOWN OF (3710005) | 468 | 1 |
| RIVER BLUFF S/D (SC3950005) | 133 | 0 |
| KEOWEE BAY S/D (SC3750026) | 115 | 1 |
| COLLEGE PLACE (SC3970301) | 114 | 0 |
| CEDAR RIDGE ESTATES | 107 | 0 |
| TOXAWAY POINT | 79 | 4 |
| BAY RIDGE S/D (SC3750027) | 62 | 2 |
| TOXAWAY VILLAS | 50 | 0 |
| CHEROKEE CREEK BOYS SCHOOL (SC3770002) | 40 | 0 |
| CATATOGA AT LAKE TOXAWAY | 35 | 2 |
| TURTLEHEAD AT KEOWEE S/D (SC3750022) | 32 | 0 |
| CLIFFS AT KEOWEE (SC3950009) | 23 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (16)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Basf Corp | 759.6K lbs |
| 2 | Sealed Air Corp Cryovac Div | 133.6K lbs |
| 3 | US Engine Valve | 30.4K lbs |
| 4 | Schneider Electric | 18.6K lbs |
| 5 | Basf Metals LLC | 18.4K lbs |
| 6 | Greentech Global Recycling | 13.3K lbs |
| 7 | Jtekt Bearings N.a. LLC - Walhalla Sc Plant | 7.0K lbs |
| 8 | Greenfield Industries | 5.8K lbs |
| 9 | Clarios LLC | 3.0K lbs |
| 10 | Lift Technologies Inc. | 1.0K lbs |
| 11 | Sandvik Machining Solutions USA LLC | 677 lbs |
| 12 | Ulbrich Precision Flat Wire | 162 lbs |
| 13 | Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Clemson | 0 lbs |
| 14 | Morgan Concrete Co | 0 lbs |
| 15 | Borgwarner Power Drive Systems | 0 lbs |
| 16 | Itron Inc. | 0 lbs |
Cities in Oconee (3)
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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.