EPA TRI Facility · Electric Utilities
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield
Springfield, IL
- Total releases
- 1.4M lbs
- Chemicals reported
- 19
- Carcinogens
- 3
- Primary pathway
- Air Releases
MIXED Form-R mix
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield: how the 1.4M lbs splits
1.4M lbs across all reported pathways
- Air Releases 684.3K lbs 47.2%
- Off-site Transfers 555.0K lbs 38.3%
- Land Disposal 199.7K lbs 13.8%
- Water Discharges 10.4K lbs 0.7%
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield's 1.4M lbs Form-R total is MIXED - air releases is 47.2% of the bar. Next segment: off-site transfers at 38.3%. Leading chemical by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
Carcinogen-classified pounds vs other reported pounds
Same cumulative TRI total as above, split by EPA/IARC carcinogen classification on each chemical: pounds share, not chemical count. Classification is not a site health-risk score.
HEAVY volume MIXED pathway CARC-LEAN
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield is an EPA Toxics Release Inventory reporter in Springfield, IL, in the electric utilities sector. It reported 37.0K lbs of releases across 10 chemicals in 2023, and 1.4M lbs in total across its 2019-2023 reporting years. That ranks 1,053 of 25,986 TRI facilities nationwide by cumulative reported pounds, counting each facility over however many years it has filed. In Illinois's 951 reporting TRI sites, pounds #1 is not chemical-count #1. City Water Light & Power City of Springfield is pounds #43 and chemical-count #22 at 1.4M lbs. Prairie State Generating Co leads reported pounds (37.9M lbs) at 31 chemicals (chemical-count #8). Veolia N.a. Inc. leads chemical count at 141 chemicals (1.9M lbs, pounds #34). Reported volume fell against 2022. Pounds reported are not a measure of toxicity or health risk. Nearest other TRI reporters: US Dod Usaf Capital Map Ang; Solomon Colors Inc.; Kincaid Power Station; Viper Mine. Similar-scale Electric Utilities peers outside Illinois: Wansley Steam Electric Generating Plant; Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex; Dte Electric Co - Trenton Channel Power Plant; Coleto Creek Power Station. Largest disclosed chemicals by pounds: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size); Zinc compounds; Manganese And Manganese Compounds; Vanadium compounds.
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield is a HEAVY · MIXED-pathway Form-R site in Springfield, IL: 1.4M lbs across 19 chemicals (3 carcinogen-classified, CARC-LEAN). No single media clears 70% of the bar (lead segment air releases at 47.2%). All figures are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score. Scale peers include Wansley Steam Electric Generating Plant and Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex.
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield vs. every reporting TRI facility
Cumulative reported release pounds, with this facility marked in the national distribution
1.4M lbs Top 4% higher than 96% of 25,986 reporting TRI facilities
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Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield inside Sangamon's TRI pounds
Among the 513 Electric Utilities facilities in this database, City Water Light & Power City of Springfield reports the 168th-largest volume (1.4M lbs). This one site accounts for more than 99.9% of every pound reported in Sangamon. Scale peers outside Illinois include Wansley Steam Electric Generating Plant and Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex.
County-dominant here means ≥25% of Sangamon's reported pounds (1.5M lbs county total). Shares only print when the site reports ≥1,000 lbs.
Annual disclosure change
What changed: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
- City Water Light & Power City of Springfield's total reported releases fell from 233.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 37.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- City Water Light & Power City of Springfield's off-site transfers fell from 187.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 12.0 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- City Water Light & Power City of Springfield's land releases fell from 25.7 thousand lb in 2022 to 7.6 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- City Water Light & Power City of Springfield's water releases fell from 440 lb in 2022 to 181 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield Form-R facts
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See how City Water Light & Power City of Springfield stacks up against nearby facilities and the typical reporter.
724670.9× more than the comparison
9.5× more than the comparison
Comparison reflects reported pounds and chemical counts, not toxicity or health risk. Averages cover facilities reporting any release.
How does this facility release toxic chemicals?
How City Water Light & Power City of Springfield releases toxic chemicals into the environment. Total: 1.4M lbs.
Emissions Trend Summary
From 2019 to 2023, total releases decreased by 95% (746.9K lbs to 37.0K lbs).
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield: annual Form-R pounds
HEAVY site · MIXED pathway · TRI years 2019–2023
- 2019
- 2020 0
- 2021 0
- 2022 0
- 2023 0
What this shows City Water Light & Power City of Springfield year-over-year reported totals (decreased by 95% from 2019 to 2023). TRI figures are self-reported estimates and can swing with production, waste handling, and reporting changes, not only with controls. Lead chemical in the extract: Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size).
| Year | Total | Chemicals |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 746.9K lbs | 15 |
| 2020 | 113.5K lbs | 12 |
| 2021 | 318.3K lbs | 13 |
| 2022 | 233.7K lbs | 13 |
| 2023 | 37.0K lbs | 10 |
Chemical Releases
Aggregated across all reporting years (2019–2023). 3 of 19 chemicals are carcinogens. Sorted by total release volume.
| Chemical | Total | Flags |
|---|---|---|
| Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 652.8K lbs | - |
| Zinc compounds | 222.4K lbs | - |
| Manganese And Manganese Compounds | 160.3K lbs | - |
| Vanadium compounds | 86.9K lbs | - |
| Manganese compounds | 84.0K lbs | - |
| Barium And Barium Compounds | 78.6K lbs | - |
| Barium compounds (except for barium sulfate (CAS No. 7727-43-7)) | 61.7K lbs | - |
| Chromium compounds (except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 36.3K lbs | - |
| Hydrochloric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size) | 23.2K lbs | - |
| Nickel compounds | 20.8K lbs | Carcinogen |
| Lead And Lead Compounds | 10.5K lbs | - |
| Lead compounds | 6.6K lbs | - |
| Hydrogen fluoride | 5.0K lbs | - |
| Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 89 lbs | - |
| Mercury compounds | 66 lbs | - |
| Ammonia | 37 lbs | - |
| Polycyclic aromatic compounds | 22 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 0 lbs | Carcinogen |
| Chlorine | 0 lbs | - |
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield in Sangamon
Nearest TRI Facilities to City Water Light & Power City of Springfield
Closest other reporters in Illinois - including US Dod Usaf Capital Map Ang, Solomon Colors Inc., Kincaid Power Station, ordered by distance.
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Similar Electric Utilities Facilities
Other Electric Utilities facilities with similar total release volumes (±80%), outside Illinois - e.g. Wansley Steam Electric Generating Plant, Prepa - Aguirre Power Generati on Complex, Dte Electric Co - Trenton Channel Power Plant.
Compare beyond Illinois
Nationwide peers by reported pounds & chemical count
Cross-state TRI reporters nearest City Water Light & Power City of Springfield on cumulative reported pounds (1.4M lbs) and distinct chemical count (19). Release-pound peers include Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, Hf Sinclair Parco Refining LLC, Ineos US Chemicals Co - Cooper River Plant. Chemical-count peers include Allnex USA Inc. Wallingford Ct Site, Johnson Matthey, Colver Green Energy. Neighborhoods are forced disjoint so each axis surfaces a different set of sites.
Similar reported release pounds
Nearest out-of-state reporters (≥1,000 lbs) by absolute TRI pounds, not same-industry or same-county neighbors.
- Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing Coffeyville, KS · Petroleum 1.4M lbs reported
- Hf Sinclair Parco Refining LLC Sinclair, WY · Petroleum 1.5M lbs reported
- Ineos US Chemicals Co - Cooper River Plant Wando, SC · Chemicals 1.5M lbs reported
- Pilgrim's Pride Sumter Processing Plant Sumter, SC · Food 1.5M lbs reported
Similar chemical count
Nearest out-of-state reporters by distinct Form-R chemicals (deduped against the release-pound neighborhood).
About TRI Data
Data as of 2023 reporting year. Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Release Inventory.
On this page the largest disclosed chemicals include Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size), Zinc compounds, Manganese And Manganese Compounds, Vanadium compounds; nearby reporters include US Dod Usaf Capital Map Ang. City Water Light & Power City of Springfield stamps HEAVY volume · MIXED pathway · CARC-LEAN carcinogen-lbs on this Form-R extract. Totals are self-reported estimates under EPCRA §313, not measured stack emissions or a health-risk score.
Use and verify this record
This City Water Light & Power City of Springfield TRI extract (HEAVY · MIXED · CARC-LEAN · lead Sulfuric acid (acid aerosols including mists, vapors, gas, fog, and other airborne forms of any particle size)) joins EPA Form-R filings with facility identity - reported pounds, not a health-risk rating.
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield totals are self-reported EPCRA §313 estimates for Springfield, IL, latest year 2023. Form-R rows span 2019–2023 (5 years). NAICS 221112 · Electric Utilities. more than 99.9% of Sangamon TRI pounds in this extract. Nearest ABS peer: Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing (Δ 411 lbs). Pounds ≠ exposure.
City Water Light & Power City of Springfield stamps HEAVY · MIXED pathway (air releases leads at 47.2%). Pipeline-rendered EPA Form-R only - no editor-typed pounds. Corrections: editorial policy.
All federal data sources used on this page
- EPA Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Basic Data Files - annual self-reported chemical-release filings. epa.gov
- EPA TRI Program reference - how chemicals and reported releases are counted. epa.gov
- EPA Facility Registry Service - facility location and identity. epa.gov
- EPA ECHO - regulatory and compliance context. epa.gov
- EPA Envirofacts - the EPA data warehouse exposing these datasets. epa.gov