Saline, KS

Moderate Risk (39/100)

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 Saline in Kansas · Population: 53,801

Saline, KS is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 14 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 11 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 39/100 (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 716.2K lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 4 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.

Population
53,801
TRI Facilities
14
Water Systems
11
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
716.2K lbs

Water Systems (11)

System Population Violations
OTTAWA CO RWD 2 1,794 0
SALINE CO RWD 3 936 0
SALINE CO RWD 4 768 0
SALINE CO RWD 2 465 4
ASSARIA, CITY OF 427 0
SALINE CO RWD 7 418 2
GYPSUM, CITY OF 402 1
SALINE CO RWD 8 298 0
BROOKVILLE, CITY OF 244 0
MCPHERSON CO RWD 1 176 0
SALINE CO RWD 1 80 2

TRI Facilities (14)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Crestwood Inc 312.5K lbs
2 Stryten Salina LLC 213.4K lbs
3 Valmont Coatings Inc. Salina Galvanizing 104.5K lbs
4 Schwan's Global Supply Chain-Salina Ks 54.1K lbs
5 McShares Inc. 29.4K lbs
6 Great Plains Manufacturing Inc Salina Complex 1.6K lbs
7 Coperion K-Tron (stormwater) 304 lbs
8 Ce 244 lbs
9 Midwest Concrete Materials - Salina 34 lbs
10 Great Plains Manufacturing Inc Kipp 26 lbs
11 Vortex Fab 0 lbs
12 Salina Vortex Corp 0 lbs
13 Ergon Asphalt & Emulsions Inc. - Salina 0 lbs
14 Salina Ks Stockpile 0 lbs

Cities in Saline (1)

Salina
Pop: -
14 facilities · 3 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Saline, Kansas?
Saline, KS has an environmental risk score of 39/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 14 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 11 water systems on record. 4 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Saline?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Saline, KS in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Saline?
Saline, KS has 14 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 716.2K lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Saline?
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Saline, KS. This may indicate no EPA monitoring stations are located in the county. For regional air quality data, see the state environmental profile or visit EPA's AirNow.gov.
Is the drinking water safe in Saline?
Saline, KS has 11 EPA-regulated water systems. 4 systems have reported health-based violations (MCL exceedances). A past violation does not necessarily mean water is currently unsafe. For current water quality, contact your local water utility. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental agencies cover Saline?
Environmental compliance in Saline, Kansas is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Kansas state environmental agency. Facilities report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, water systems are regulated under the Safe Drinking Water Act, and contaminated sites are managed under the Superfund program. Contact your state environmental agency for local concerns.

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.

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Data sourced from U.S. EPA environmental datasets. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainEnviro Editorial