TRI Facilities
867
Very high
GA · EPA TRI · SDWIS · Superfund
Georgia environmental disclosure record
According to EPA's 2023 Toxics Release Inventory, Safe Drinking Water Information System, and Superfund National Priorities List extracts, this is Georgia's full public registry profile, toxic releases, drinking-water systems, and Superfund sites in one place.
- TRI facilities
- 867
- Reported releases
- 239.0M lbs
- #21 of 56
- Water systems
- 1,722
- Superfund NPL sites
- 23
Georgia vs. every U.S. state
Cumulative TRI-reported release pounds, with this state marked in the national distribution
239M lbs Top 37% higher than 63% of 56 states with TRI reporters
Each bar is a $1M-wide band; taller bars hold more states with TRI reporters. The dashed line and filled bar mark this facility. Hover, focus, or tap a bar for its full count, share, and position.
Source U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Toxics Release Inventory · 2023 reporting year
GA regulatory profile by statute
Violation/site counts mapped to the EPA statutes this portal tracks
- CWA · NPDES
- RCRA · Subtitle C 23
What this shows Counts are mapped to statute as a structural proxy and reflect reported activity, not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk. Clean Air Act (Title V) permit data is not currently ingested by this portal, so air-permit compliance is not shown here.
How Georgia compares across two EPA disclosure measures
The highlighted point is Georgia. The vertical axis is the share of tracked water systems with at least one health-based SDWIS record; the horizontal axis is TRI-reported pounds per facility on a logarithmic scale so the full state distribution stays readable. The crosshairs use the portal’s published national benchmark medians.
This matrix compares disclosure rates, not toxicity, exposure, current compliance, or drinking-water safety. A lower position on either axis is not a safety rating; use the underlying facility and water-system records for context.
According to EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts, Georgia (GA) lists 867 TRI-reporting facilities disclosing 239.0M lbs of toxic releases. The same extracts list 23 Superfund sites and 1,722 EPA-regulated water systems, of which 200 carry health-based SDWIS violation rows. PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Georgia is 73/100 (grade C), benchmarked against all U.S. states on chemical release intensity, drinking-water health violations, Superfund site burden, and water violation rate. This is a percentile-derived composite from federal disclosure counts, not a clinical health-risk assessment.
C 73
Georgia Environmental Health Score
A percentile-benchmarked 0–100 composite from 4 EPA federal datasets, with weight redistribution for any unavailable dimension
Chemical Release Intensity D 66
276K (lbs per facility) Drinking Water Health Violations A 95
11.6% (% of systems) Superfund Site Burden F 48
2.7 (sites per 100 facilities) Water Violation Rate C 74
1.6 (violations per system) Benchmarks derived from EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts across all 56 U.S. states and territories
Water Systems
1,722
High
Superfund Sites
23
Moderate
Total Releases
239.0M lbs
Very high
Compliance Snapshot - GA
Sites with no recorded health violations 92.3%
Sites with at least one open violation 7.7%
Georgia's profile joins three independently maintained EPA programs into one statewide record: the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI, EPCRA Section 313 industrial disclosures), the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS, Safe Drinking Water Act compliance), and the Superfund National Priorities List. Each program uses its own reporting cadence and facility-identification scheme; PlainEnviro joins them by matched facility and system location rather than a shared federal ID, so a site absent from one program is never assumed absent from another. The counts below reflect the portal's rebuild as of August 2026.
Activity clusters in counties such as Chatham, Fulton, Bulloch, which account for the highest combined facility, water-system, and Superfund presence. Monitoring and reporting violations are not included in the SDWIS counts shown here.
Every figure reflects the public regulatory record as filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and is not weighted for toxicity, geographic footprint, or population exposure. A state can rank high in any individual metric because of industrial history, naturally occurring contaminants in source water, or simply the number of reporting facilities, not because current residents face unsafe conditions. Drill into any county or water system below for the full disclosure record.
What does this state's environmental record show?
TRI Facilities
867
Water Systems
1,722
Superfund Sites
23
Health-Based Violation Records
2,771
Total Releases
239.0M lbs
cumulative, all reported years
Systems with Records
200
water systems
Release-over-release change
What changed for Georgia: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-0.7%
707 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-2.0%
47.0 million lb → 46.0 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 37 facilities filed for the first time and 38 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Georgia's total reported releases fell from 46.3 million lb in 2022 to 46.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Georgia's land releases fell from 5.0 million lb in 2022 to 4.4 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Georgia's water releases rose from 5.6 million lb in 2022 to 5.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Georgia's off-site transfers fell from 6.2 million lb in 2022 to 5.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Largest Polluters
View all →| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rayonier Performance Fibers Jesup Mill | 22.6M lbs |
| 2 | Basf Corp Attapulgus Ops | 22.0M lbs |
| 3 | Pcs Nitrogen Fertilizer LP | 21.7M lbs |
| 4 | International Paper Rome Linerboard Mill | 11.5M lbs |
| 5 | Clearwater Paper - Augusta Mill | 9.4M lbs |
| 6 | Packaging Corp of America | 7.5M lbs |
| 7 | Graphic Packaging International LLC | 7.3M lbs |
| 8 | Georgia-Pacific Cedar Springs LLC | 7.3M lbs |
| 9 | Green Power Solutions of Georgia | 6.6M lbs |
| 10 | Westrock Southeast LLC | 6.6M lbs |
| 11 | International Paper Co | 5.9M lbs |
| 12 | Brunswick Cellulose LLC | 5.8M lbs |
| 13 | International Paper Co - Savannah Complex | 4.6M lbs |
| 14 | Koch Foods of Pine Mountain Valley | 3.8M lbs |
| 15 | Scherer Steam Electric Generating Plant | 3.7M lbs |
| 16 | Republic Conduit Inc | 3.4M lbs |
| 17 | King America Finishing Inc | 3.3M lbs |
| 18 | Bowen Steam Electric Generating Plant | 3.3M lbs |
| 19 | Valdosta Oilseeds Complex | 3.2M lbs |
| 20 | McDonough/atkinson Steam Electric Generating Plant | 3.0M lbs |
Water Quality
Systems with Health Violations
| Water System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| LOWNDES CO.-ALAPAHA PLANTATION S/D | 362 | 244 |
| CAMAK | 366 | 119 |
| HAHIRA | 3,572 | 115 |
| LOWNDES CO.-NORTH LOWNDES CO. WS | 13,190 | 112 |
| FRANKLIN COUNTY WATER SYSTEM | 5,638 | 92 |
| LEXINGTON | 1,015 | 74 |
| WOODHAVEN MOBILE HOME PARK | 350 | 69 |
| WARRENTON | 2,800 | 69 |
| OAK PARK | 281 | 66 |
| MAYSVILLE WATER SYSTEM | 2,838 | 60 |
| LAST FRONTIER SUBDIVISION | 55 | 58 |
| BALDWIN COUNTY | 23,067 | 58 |
| GIBSON | 1,350 | 55 |
| THOMSON-MCDUFFIE CO W&S COMM | 21,312 | 47 |
| TAYLOR CO.-POTTERVILLE COMM. | 103 | 44 |
| CRAWFORDVILLE WATER SYSTEM | 621 | 42 |
| ECHOLS COUNTY | 972 | 40 |
| RIVER WOODS ON LAKE OCONEE S/D | 151 | 38 |
| TALBOT COUNTY WATER WORKS | 4,028 | 38 |
| ATTAPULGUS | 750 | 36 |
Cities with Water Issues
Savannah
346 water systems
Statesboro
92 water systems
Eatonton
68 water systems
Valdosta
44 water systems
Athens
32 water systems
Atlanta
30 water systems
Thomasville
26 water systems
Blairsville
26 water systems
Hartwell
24 water systems
Watkinsville
23 water systems
Midway
18 water systems
Blue Ridge
15 water systems
Cordele
13 water systems
Lake Park
12 water systems
Pooler
10 water systems
Hinesville
10 water systems
Jackson
10 water systems
Newington
10 water systems
Roswell
10 water systems
Cumming
9 water systems
Superfund Sites (23)
Counties (158 total)
| County | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Chatham | 26 |
| Fulton | 49 |
| Bulloch | 5 |
| Putnam | 2 |
| Lowndes | 17 |
| Jackson | 18 |
| Gwinnett | 41 |
| Liberty | 7 |
| Whitfield | 43 |
| Cobb | 31 |
| Hall | 29 |
| Glynn | 9 |
| Bartow | 26 |
| Richmond | 24 |
| Dekalb | 25 |
| Hart | 3 |
| Mcintosh | 1 |
| Cherokee | 19 |
| Forsyth | 16 |
| Oconee | 0 |
Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Georgia has 158 counties total.
Cities with Environmental Records
Dalton
42 facilities · 1 water systems
Atlanta
39 facilities · 30 water systems
Augusta
24 facilities · 7 water systems
Cartersville
19 facilities · 3 water systems
Savannah
18 facilities · 346 water systems
Gainesville
18 facilities · 3 water systems
Rome
17 facilities · 2 water systems
Columbus
17 facilities · 1 water systems
Valdosta
15 facilities · 44 water systems
Calhoun
13 facilities · 1 water systems
Covington
12 facilities · 5 water systems
Lagrange
12 facilities · 1 water systems
Athens
11 facilities · 32 water systems
Alpharetta
11 facilities · 7 water systems
Marietta
11 facilities · 5 water systems
Conyers
11 facilities · 3 water systems
Macon
11 facilities · 3 water systems
Norcross
11 facilities · 1 water systems
Lawrenceville
10 facilities · 1 water systems
Brunswick
9 facilities · 14 water systems
Frequently Asked Questions
How many TRI facilities are in Georgia? ▼
Georgia has 867 facilities that report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). These facilities have collectively reported 239.0M lbs in total toxic chemical releases. TRI data is self-reported annually by facilities that manufacture, process, or use listed toxic chemicals above threshold amounts.
Does Georgia have Superfund sites? ▼
Yes, Georgia has 23 sites on the EPA Superfund National Priorities List (NPL). Superfund sites are contaminated locations identified for long-term cleanup under the EPA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
What does EPA SDWIS list for drinking water in Georgia? ▼
Georgia has 1,722 EPA-regulated water systems in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) extract used here. 200 water systems have a health-based violation row (MCL exceedance) in this historical extract. A past registry row is not a current drinkability verdict. For current utility conditions, contact the local water utility or the Georgia drinking water program. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental data is available for Georgia? ▼
PlainEnviro provides three categories of EPA environmental data for Georgia: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data covering 867 industrial facilities, Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data for 1,722 water systems, and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) data for 23 contaminated sites.
How does Georgia compare to other states on EPA disclosure counts? ▼
Georgia has 867 TRI facilities with 239.0M lbs in total releases, 23 Superfund sites, and 2,771 water system violations on record. These are federal disclosure counts; they are not toxicity-weighted or population-adjusted risk scores. Source: EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL databases.
What is Georgia's environmental health score? ▼
PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Georgia is 73/100 (grade C). This score combines four percentile-benchmarked dimensions from EPA federal extracts: chemical release intensity per TRI facility, drinking-water health violation rate from SDWIS, Superfund site burden relative to industrial activity, and overall water violation rate. Scores are benchmarked against all 56 U.S. states and territories. When a dimension lacks data, its weight redistributes to the remaining dimensions so the score never deflates from missing inputs. This is a registry-count composite, not a clinical exposure or health-outcome assessment.
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About This Data
This page aggregates environmental data from three EPA programs for Georgia: the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) for industrial chemical releases, the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) for water quality, and the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) for hazardous waste cleanup sites.
PlainEnviro presents this data without advocacy framing. Numbers reflect reported data and may not capture all environmental activity. For specific health or environmental concerns, contact your state environmental agency.
What to do with Georgia's data
Use this state profile as a starting point, then drill into the specific dataset that matters to you.
- Check the 867 TRI facilities reporting in Georgia for the largest reported releases near a specific county. View facilities
- 200 water systems in the state have a recorded health-based violation, check if yours is one of them. Check water systems
- See how Georgia compares to other states on releases, water violations, and Superfund sites. State rankings
Reported data reflects what facilities and agencies disclose to the EPA; it is not a complete measure of environmental risk or a substitute for local guidance.
Use and verify this record
Georgia's profile brings together EPA release, drinking-water, and Superfund records. It reports the underlying programs without making a health or environmental-risk determination.
State environmental figures are computed directly from EPA data. The methodology records the joins, definitions, and refresh cadence for each program.
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