St Louis (city), MO

Moderate Risk (56/100)

Environmental data for St Louis (city) in Missouri

St Louis (city), MO is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 50 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilityies, 0 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 6.1M lbs of reported toxic releases under EPCRA Section 313, while 0 water systems carry an active health-based violation in the SDWIS record. EPA Air Quality System monitors logged a median AQI of 54 and a peak AQI of 156 in 2024, with 38% 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.

TRI Facilities
50
Water Systems
0
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
6.1M lbs

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 139 (38%) 217 9 156
2023 89 (24%) 260 14 172
2022 127 (35%) 233 5 117
2021 114 (31%) 244 6 187
2020 137 (37%) 224 4 156
2024 Good Air Quality: 38% of days
Unhealthy days: 10
Median AQI: 54

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 detailed air quality monitoring data, pollutant breakdowns, and metro-level AQI trends, see Air Quality in Missouri on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (50)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Procter & Gamble Mgf St Louis 2.8M lbs
2 Sensient Colors LLC 548.1K lbs
3 Ameren Missouri Meramec Energy Center 516.3K lbs
4 Univar Solutions USA 434.7K lbs
5 Sigma-Aldrich Manufacturing LLC 300.5K lbs
6 Precoat Metals 201.0K lbs
7 Anheuser-Busch LLC 145.7K lbs
8 Schaeffer Manufacturing 142.3K lbs
9 Brenntag Mid-South Inc 133.7K lbs
10 Hermann Oak Leather Co 123.6K lbs
11 Missouri Metals a Div of Samuel Son & Co. (usa) Inc. 110.9K lbs
12 Chemline Inc 97.3K lbs
13 Air Products 67.9K lbs
14 Shelter Works 58.7K lbs
15 Elementis Specialties Inc. 50.4K lbs
16 Chemisphere Corp 46.3K lbs
17 US Polymers - Accurez LLC 40.5K lbs
18 U.S. Paint Corp 39.0K lbs
19 Elantas Pdg Inc 37.5K lbs
20 Commercial Plating Co 35.7K lbs
21 Connector Castings Inc 34.5K lbs
22 Trans Chemical Inc 32.4K lbs
23 American Italian Pasta Co 28.1K lbs
24 Mallinckrodt 16.6K lbs
25 Mid-West Industrial Chemical Co 11.1K lbs
26 J D Streett & Co Inc 9.7K lbs
27 Kop-Coat Inc 9.3K lbs
28 Paulo - St. Louis 8.9K lbs
29 Ice Cream Specialties Inc- St Louis 7.2K lbs
30 Brenntag Mid-South Inc 6.7K lbs
31 Agraform 4.7K lbs
32 Henkel US Operations Corp 3.9K lbs
33 Gateway Aluminum LLC 2.1K lbs
34 US Ringbinder 1.7K lbs
35 Willert Home Products 1.3K lbs
36 Microfinish Ipc LLC 810 lbs
37 Eagle Alcohol Co LLC 750 lbs
38 Jd Streett & Co 647 lbs
39 Midland Optical 142 lbs
40 Kemira Water Solutions 80 lbs
41 Ben Hur Steel Worx 35 lbs
42 Univar Solutions USA 3 lbs
43 Bodine Aluminum Inc 1 lbs
44 Killark 0 lbs
45 Avient Corp 0 lbs
46 Continental Fabricators Inc 0 lbs
47 J.d. Streett & Co 0 lbs
48 Intercon Chemical Co 0 lbs
49 Adm Milling Co St Louis Mill 0 lbs
50 Valvoline Global - Saint Louis 0 lbs

Cities in St Louis (city) (1)

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in St Louis (city), Missouri?
St Louis (city), MO has an environmental risk score of 56/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 50 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 0 water systems on record. No water systems have current health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in St Louis (city)?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in St Louis (city), MO in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in St Louis (city)?
St Louis (city), MO has 50 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 6.1M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in St Louis (city)?
In 2024, St Louis (city), MO recorded a median AQI of 54 and a peak AQI of 156. 38% of monitored days had "Good" air quality (AQI 0–50). Source: EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by County.
Is the drinking water safe in St Louis (city)?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for St Louis (city), MO in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover St Louis (city)?
Environmental compliance in St Louis (city), Missouri is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Missouri 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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