Palm Beach, FL
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 Palm Beach in Florida · Population: 1,507,453
Palm Beach, FL is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 25 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 43 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 56/100 (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 3.9M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 17 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 43 and a peak AQI of 76 in 2024, with 70% 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 | 257 (70%) | 109 | 0 | 76 |
| 2023 | 260 (71%) | 104 | 1 | 122 |
| 2022 | 275 (75%) | 90 | 0 | 90 |
| 2021 | 263 (72%) | 102 | 0 | 83 |
| 2020 | 267 (74%) | 94 | 0 | 93 |
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 Florida, see the EPA's AirNow.gov.
Water Systems (43)
| System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| WEST PALM BEACH WTP | 132,000 | 13 |
| BOCA RATON WTP | 130,000 | 1 |
| BOYNTON BEACH PWS | 112,000 | 1 |
| SEACOAST UTILITIES AUTHORITY | 97,552 | 0 |
| DELRAY BEACH PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM | 69,754 | 0 |
| WELLINGTON WTP | 56,475 | 0 |
| LAKE WORTH BEACH UTILITIES | 48,000 | 0 |
| RIVIERA BEACH UTILITY DISTRICT, CITY OF | 46,762 | 41 |
| PALM SPRINGS, VILLAGE OF | 32,467 | 0 |
| PBCWUD - LAKE REGION WTP - SYSTEM 11 | 31,734 | 0 |
| LANTANA WATER TREATMENT PLANT | 11,558 | 0 |
| TOWN AND COUNTRY UTILITY | 7,332 | 0 |
| SEMINOLE IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT | 4,993 | 0 |
| HIGHLAND BEACH WATER PLANT | 4,277 | 0 |
| VILLAGE OF GOLF | 3,505 | 0 |
| SEMINOLE MANOR SUBDIVISION | 3,255 | 0 |
| ATLANTIS, CITY OF | 3,000 | 1 |
| LAKE CLARKE SHORES | 2,468 | 15 |
| MANGONIA PARK, TOWN OF | 2,410 | 0 |
| SEACOAST WEST | 1,975 | 0 |
| HYPOLUXO VILLAGE | 1,645 | 0 |
| GULFSTREAM, TOWN OF | 1,001 | 0 |
| PALM LAKE ESTATES SOUTH | 890 | 1 |
| PALM LAKE ESTATES NORTH | 480 | 13 |
| MANALAPAN WTP (LEROY C.PASLAY) | 425 | 0 |
| VALENCIA ESTATES MHP | 305 | 1 |
| SUPER 20 MOBILE HOME COURT | 236 | 0 |
| PELICAN LAKE WATER PLANT | 222 | 0 |
| FAITH FARMS MINISTRIES | 175 | 1 |
| PINE GROVE VILLAGE | 175 | 1 |
| AURORA ACRES | 170 | 0 |
| MAPLE LANE ASSOCIATES | 147 | 1 |
| CRYSTAL WATER SUPPLY COMPANY | 146 | 1 |
| HAPPY DAY TRAILER PARK | 122 | 1 |
| COUNTRY OAKS MHP | 95 | 0 |
| SATEKE VILLAGE | 86 | 0 |
| LOWER DELLS MHC | 75 | 0 |
| GROVE MHP | 68 | 0 |
| AMELIA PINES (AKA DUCK POND) | 60 | 1 |
| SUNSHINE MEADOWS | 60 | 7 |
| TRADEWINDS MOBILE HOME PARK | 54 | 0 |
| OAKWOOD CT APTS | 52 | 0 |
| HIGHLAND TERRACE APARTMENTS | 35 | 32 |
TRI Facilities (25)
Cities in Palm Beach (12)
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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.