Worcester, MA

Moderate Risk (54/100)

Environmental data for Worcester in Massachusetts

Worcester, MA 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 54/100 (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 1.5M 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 37 and a peak AQI of 90 in 2024, with 88% 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
1.5M 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 321 (88%) 45 0 90
2023 268 (73%) 93 4 148
2022 228 (62%) 137 0 100
2021 218 (60%) 144 3 125
2020 257 (70%) 109 0 90
2024 Good Air Quality: 88% of days
Median AQI: 37

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 Massachusetts on PlainAirData.

TRI Facilities (50)

# Facility Total Releases
1 Supercon Inc 186.9K lbs
2 Select Engineering Inc 173.4K lbs
3 Incom Inc. 166.0K lbs
4 U S Army Garrison Fort Devens Ranges 120.2K lbs
5 Avient Colorants USA LLC - Holden Facility 79.6K lbs
6 Gvs N.a. Inc. 78.6K lbs
7 Saint-Gobain Abrasives & Saint -Gobain Ceramics & Plastics 75.9K lbs
8 Flexcon Co Inc. 67.3K lbs
9 Vibram Corp 47.3K lbs
10 Cleanpart East 44.3K lbs
11 Advance Coatings Co 42.8K lbs
12 Highline Warren LLC 39.9K lbs
13 Chroma Color Corp 37.2K lbs
14 Ls Starrett Co 36.4K lbs
15 Veranova L.P. 29.9K lbs
16 Wyman-Gordon Co 28.7K lbs
17 Teknor Apex Elastomers Inc. 27.7K lbs
18 Cytiva 23.6K lbs
19 S&e Specialty Polymers LLC 21.6K lbs
20 Lighting & Imaging - Southbridge 16.7K lbs
21 Photonis Scientific Inc 16.6K lbs
22 Gentex Optics Inc 15.0K lbs
23 Independent Plating Co. 14.1K lbs
24 Lewcott Corp D/b/a Barrday Composite Solutions 12.7K lbs
25 Saint Gobain Performance Plastics 9.0K lbs
26 Bodycote Thermal Processing 8.9K lbs
27 Nitto Denko Avecia Inc. 8.3K lbs
28 Southwin Ltd 6.0K lbs
29 Photofabrication Engineering I Nc 5.1K lbs
30 Mace Adhesives & Coatings Co I Nc 4.7K lbs
31 Newark America 4.6K lbs
32 Mexichem Specialty Compounds 4.2K lbs
33 Shield Packaging Co Inc 3.8K lbs
34 Synthomer Inc. 3.2K lbs
35 Alpha Wire Co 2.6K lbs
36 County Heat Treat LLC 2.5K lbs
37 Innofiber LLC 2.4K lbs
38 Benjamin Moore & Co-Milford 2.1K lbs
39 Industrial Polymers & Chemical S Inc 2.0K lbs
40 Karl Storz Endovision 1.9K lbs
41 Riverdale Mills Corp 1.6K lbs
42 Incom Inc 1.1K lbs
43 New Method Plating Co.,inc. 889 lbs
44 Garlock Printing & Converting 800 lbs
45 US Pack Inc 436 lbs
46 Whipps Inc 380 lbs
47 Komtek Forge LLC 171 lbs
48 Polymer Concentrates Inc 141 lbs
49 Kadant Solutions Div 138 lbs
50 Wyman-Gordon Co 119 lbs

Cities in Worcester (33)

Athol
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3 facilities · 2 water
Fitchburg
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4 facilities · 2 water
Devens
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2 facilities · 1 water
Otter River
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1 facilities · 0 water
Gardner
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2 facilities · 1 water
Leominster
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10 facilities · 2 water
Lunenburg
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2 facilities · 4 water
Westminster
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1 facilities · 3 water
Auburn
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2 facilities · 2 water
Charlton
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4 facilities · 1 water
Clinton
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1 facilities · 1 water
Douglas
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1 facilities · 1 water
Holden
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3 facilities · 1 water
Millbury
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2 facilities · 7 water
Northbridge
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1 facilities · 2 water
North Brookfield
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1 facilities · 1 water
North Grafton
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1 facilities · 0 water
North Oxford
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1 facilities · 0 water
Oxford
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1 facilities · 3 water
Shrewsbury
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3 facilities · 2 water
Southbridge
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4 facilities · 1 water
South Lancaster
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1 facilities · 0 water
Spencer
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1 facilities · 2 water
Sterling
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3 facilities · 1 water
Sturbridge
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1 facilities · 3 water
Uxbridge
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1 facilities · 1 water
Dudley
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4 facilities · 1 water
Westborough
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3 facilities · 9 water
West Brookfield
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1 facilities · 2 water
West Boylston
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1 facilities · 1 water
Worcester
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10 facilities · 6 water
Milford
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4 facilities · 5 water
Northborough
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1 facilities · 1 water

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the environmental risk level in Worcester, Massachusetts?
Worcester, MA has an environmental risk score of 54/100 (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 Worcester?
No Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) sites are currently registered in Worcester, MA in the EPA database.
How many toxic release facilities are in Worcester?
Worcester, MA has 50 TRI-reporting facilities on record with the EPA Toxic Release Inventory, with a combined total of 1.5M lbs in reported toxic releases. TRI facilities self-report annual chemical release data to the EPA.
What is the air quality in Worcester?
In 2024, Worcester, MA recorded a median AQI of 37 and a peak AQI of 90. 88% 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 Worcester?
No EPA-regulated water systems are currently recorded for Worcester, MA in the SDWIS database.
What environmental agencies cover Worcester?
Environmental compliance in Worcester, Massachusetts is overseen by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) at the federal level and the Massachusetts 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