Rutherford, TN
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. This is a different measure than the EJ Screening score for this county, which ranks it by percentile against other tracked counties rather than against these fixed caps.
Environmental data for Rutherford in Tennessee · Population: 351,591
TRI sites such as Nissan N.a. Inc.; Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations LLC; Paulo - Murfreesboro; SDWIS systems such as CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO; SMYRNA WATER SYSTEM; LA VERGNE WATER SYSTEM anchor Rutherford, TN's EPA extract. Derived burden score 51/100 (Moderate 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 Rutherford include CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO; LA VERGNE WATER SYSTEM, while Nissan N.a. Inc. leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 51/100 (Moderate 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 Rutherford -- 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 Rutherford, TN: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
+7.9%
19 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
+7.9%
850.7 thousand lb → 918.3 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 3 facilities filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Rutherford, TN's total reported releases rose from 850.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 918.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rutherford, TN's water releases rose from 372 lb in 2022 to 589 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rutherford, TN's off-site transfers fell from 198.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 163.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Rutherford, TN's air releases rose from 651.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 754.3 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (3)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| CONSOLIDATED U.D. OF RUTHERFORD CO | 221,871 | 2 |
| SMYRNA WATER SYSTEM | 60,876 | 0 |
| LA VERGNE WATER SYSTEM | 38,730 | 8 |
TRI Facilities (28)
Cities in Rutherford (3)
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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.