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Webster, IA

Moderate Risk (48/100)

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 Webster in Iowa · Population: 36,848

Webster, IA is tracked across three EPA datasets covering 15 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) facilities, 25 Safe Drinking Water Act systems, and 0 Superfund National Priorities List sites. Together these generate an environmental burden score of 48/100 (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 4.0M 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
36,848
TRI Facilities
15
Water Systems
25
Superfund Sites
0
Total Releases
4.0M lbs

Water Systems (25)

System Population Violations
FORT DODGE WATER SUPPLY 25,874 0
GOWRIE MUNI UTILITIES WATER DEPT 954 0
DAYTON MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY 772 0
BADGER WATER SUPPLY 561 0
OTHO WATER SUPPLY 431 0
LEHIGH WATER SUPPLY 395 14
DUNCOMBE WATER SUPPLY 384 0
CALLENDER WATER SUPPLY 371 0
HARCOURT WATER SUPPLY 265 0
THOR WATER WORKS 181 0
BARNUM WATER SUPPLY 175 0
DEERWOOD ESTATES UTILITIES 175 0
MOORLAND WATER SUPPLY 168 0
CLARE WATER DEPARTMENT 136 0
LAKEWOOD UTILITIES 135 0
VINCENT WATER SUPPLY 130 0
LIZARD CREEK RANCH 125 0
LANESBORO WATER WORKS 119 33
WOODLAND ACRES 110 0
FRONTIER VILLAGE 108 0
KNIERIM WATER SUPPLY 53 25
TIMBERLANE WATER ASSOCIATION 48 0
NORTH COALVILLE WATER WORKS 43 0
RINARD WATER SUPPLY 38 0
CENTRAL WATER WORKS 27 1

TRI Facilities (15)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Koch Fertilizer Ft. Dodge LLC 3.4M lbs
2 Cj Bio America 179.0K lbs
3 Cargill Inc 163.0K lbs
4 Valero Renewable Fuels LLC 107.9K lbs
5 Silgan Containers Manufacturing Corp 106.8K lbs
6 Poet Biorefining-Gowrie LLC 67.3K lbs
7 Nestle Purina Petcare Co 3.8K lbs
8 Green County Redi-Mix 781 lbs
9 New Cooperative Inc-Duncombe Mill 181 lbs
10 US Gypsum-Fort Dodge Plant 118 lbs
11 Gold Bond Building Products - Fort Dodge 102 lbs
12 Elanco Fort Dodge 26 lbs
13 Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC 9 lbs
14 Ccm - Ft. Dodge South 5 lbs
15 Certainteed Gypsum 2 lbs

Cities in Webster (3)

Duncombe
Pop: -
2 facilities · 1 water
Fort Dodge
Pop: -
12 facilities · 19 water
Gowrie
Pop: -
1 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Webster, Iowa? ▼
Webster, IA has an environmental risk score of 48/100 (Moderate Risk), based on 15 TRI facilities, 0 Superfund sites, and 25 water systems on record. 4 water systems have health-based violations. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL.
Are there Superfund sites in Webster? ▼
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Webster, IA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Webster? ▼
Webster, IA has 15 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 4.0M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Webster? ▼
Air quality monitoring data (EPA AQS) is not available for Webster, IA. 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 Webster? ▼
Webster, IA has 25 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 Webster? ▼
Environmental compliance in Webster, Iowa is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Iowa 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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