TRI Facilities
740
Very high
TN · EPA TRI · SDWIS · Superfund
Tennessee environmental disclosure record
According to EPA's 2023 Toxics Release Inventory, Safe Drinking Water Information System, and Superfund National Priorities List extracts, this is Tennessee's full public registry profile, toxic releases, drinking-water systems, and Superfund sites in one place.
- TRI facilities
- 740
- Reported releases
- 380.1M lbs
- #9 of 56
- Water systems
- 454
- Superfund NPL sites
- 26
Tennessee vs. every U.S. state
Cumulative TRI-reported release pounds, with this state marked in the national distribution
380M lbs Top 16% higher than 84% 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
TN regulatory profile by statute
Violation/site counts mapped to the EPA statutes this portal tracks
- CWA · NPDES
- RCRA · Subtitle C 26
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 Tennessee compares across two EPA disclosure measures
The highlighted point is Tennessee. 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, Tennessee (TN) lists 740 TRI-reporting facilities disclosing 380.1M lbs of toxic releases. The same extracts list 26 Superfund sites and 454 EPA-regulated water systems, of which 131 carry health-based SDWIS violation rows. PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Tennessee is 57/100 (grade F), 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.
F 57
Tennessee Environmental Health Score
A percentile-benchmarked 0–100 composite from 4 EPA federal datasets, with weight redistribution for any unavailable dimension
Chemical Release Intensity F 50
514K (lbs per facility) Drinking Water Health Violations D 69
28.9% (% of systems) Superfund Site Burden F 40
3.5 (sites per 100 facilities) Water Violation Rate D 64
2.6 (violations per system) Benchmarks derived from EPA TRI, SDWIS, and Superfund NPL extracts across all 56 U.S. states and territories
Water Systems
454
Moderate
Superfund Sites
26
High
Total Releases
380.1M lbs
Very high
Compliance Snapshot - TN
Sites with no recorded health violations 89.0%
Sites with at least one open violation 11.0%
Tennessee'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 Shelby, Hamilton, Davidson, 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
740
Water Systems
454
Superfund Sites
26
Health-Based Violation Records
1,192
Total Releases
380.1M lbs
cumulative, all reported years
Systems with Records
131
water systems
Release-over-release change
What changed for Tennessee: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-7.2%
609 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-7.5%
75.8 million lb → 70.1 million lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 40 facilities filed for the first time and 34 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Tennessee's total reported releases fell from 74.7 million lb in 2022 to 69.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tennessee's land releases fell from 40.5 million lb in 2022 to 34.9 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tennessee's water releases fell from 3.6 million lb in 2022 to 3.3 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Tennessee's off-site transfers rose from 10.2 million lb in 2022 to 11.0 million lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Largest Polluters
View all →| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nyrstar Clarksville Inc | 72.9M lbs |
| 2 | Chemours Johnsonville Plant | 40.5M lbs |
| 3 | US Army Holston Army Ammunition Plant | 22.4M lbs |
| 4 | Eastman Chemical Co Tennessee Operations | 17.4M lbs |
| 5 | Nystar Gordonsville Mine & Mill | 17.3M lbs |
| 6 | Vibrantz Specialty Products LLC | 16.5M lbs |
| 7 | U.S. Tva Cumberland Fossil Plant | 16.1M lbs |
| 8 | Gerdau Long Steel North America - Jackson Mill | 14.6M lbs |
| 9 | Nystar - Young Mine & Mill | 12.7M lbs |
| 10 | Viskase Corp | 11.8M lbs |
| 11 | Packaging Corp of America Counce Mill | 8.3M lbs |
| 12 | U.S. Tva Gallatin Fossil Plant | 6.9M lbs |
| 13 | Tradebe Treatment & Recycling of Tn | 6.3M lbs |
| 14 | Nyrstar Coy-Mine | 6.2M lbs |
| 15 | Nyrstar- Immel Mine | 5.8M lbs |
| 16 | Nyrstar - Cumberland Mine | 5.6M lbs |
| 17 | Hood Container Corp | 5.0M lbs |
| 18 | Waupaca Foundry Inc Plant 6 | 3.5M lbs |
| 19 | Nissan N.a. Inc. | 3.4M lbs |
| 20 | Explore Industries USA Inc | 3.2M lbs |
Water Quality
Systems with Health Violations
| Water System | Population | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| WARREN COUNTY U.D. #2 | 6,022 | 118 |
| JACKSON COUNTY U.D. #3 | 3,917 | 85 |
| CLIFTON WATER DEPT | 4,110 | 61 |
| BYRDSTOWN WATER DEPARTMENT | 8,658 | 54 |
| BEDFORD COUNTY U.D. | 22,908 | 40 |
| ONEIDA W&S COMM | 11,600 | 34 |
| TRACY CITY WATER SYSTEM | 5,692 | 34 |
| LAKEVIEW U.D. WEST | 2,684 | 28 |
| HARTSVILLE-TROUSDALE W&S U.D. | 10,562 | 25 |
| DAYTON WATER DEPT | 25,054 | 24 |
| MONTEAGLE PUBLIC UTILITY BOARD | 4,179 | 24 |
| ROGERSVILLE WATER DEPT | 13,729 | 24 |
| CORDELL HULL UTILITY DISTRICT | 3,220 | 23 |
| FRANKLIN WATER DEPT | 77,222 | 23 |
| SOUTH GILES UTILITY DISTRICT | 6,985 | 22 |
| NORTHWEST CLAY COUNTY UTILITY | 4,437 | 21 |
| WOODLAWN UTILITY DISTRICT | 12,069 | 21 |
| RIVER LANDING CONDOMINIUM ASSOC | 52 | 21 |
| GRAYSVILLE WATER DEPT | 1,872 | 18 |
| WILSON CO WATER & WASTEWATER | 22,680 | 18 |
Cities with Water Issues
Knoxville
11 water systems
Sevierville
8 water systems
Elizabethton
7 water systems
Chattanooga
6 water systems
Cookeville
6 water systems
Clarksville
5 water systems
Greeneville
5 water systems
Lebanon
4 water systems
Kingsport
4 water systems
Crossville
4 water systems
Franklin
4 water systems
Rogersville
4 water systems
Gainesboro
4 water systems
Dover
4 water systems
Bristol
3 water systems
Gordonsville
3 water systems
Shelbyville
3 water systems
Smithville
3 water systems
Spring City
3 water systems
Harriman
3 water systems
Superfund Sites (26)
Counties (97 total)
| County | Facilities |
|---|---|
| Shelby | 91 |
| Hamilton | 64 |
| Davidson | 44 |
| Rutherford | 28 |
| Knox | 24 |
| Greene | 22 |
| Gibson | 9 |
| Madison | 22 |
| Sullivan | 16 |
| Sumner | 17 |
| Montgomery | 15 |
| Wilson | 15 |
| Anderson | 16 |
| Monroe | 14 |
| Hamblen | 17 |
| Blount | 12 |
| Hawkins | 11 |
| Roane | 9 |
| Sevier | 5 |
| Bradley | 15 |
Showing top 20 counties by environmental activity. Tennessee has 97 counties total.
Cities with Environmental Records
Memphis
78 facilities · 2 water systems
Chattanooga
56 facilities · 6 water systems
Nashville
34 facilities · 2 water systems
Jackson
22 facilities · 3 water systems
Knoxville
21 facilities · 11 water systems
Morristown
17 facilities · 2 water systems
Clarksville
15 facilities · 5 water systems
Greeneville
15 facilities · 5 water systems
Lebanon
13 facilities · 4 water systems
La Vergne
12 facilities · 1 water systems
Cleveland
11 facilities · 2 water systems
Smyrna
11 facilities · 1 water systems
Sweetwater
9 facilities · 2 water systems
Portland
9 facilities · 1 water systems
Clinton
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Dickson
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Loudon
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Maryville
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Murfreesboro
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Oak Ridge
8 facilities · 2 water systems
Frequently Asked Questions
How many TRI facilities are in Tennessee? ▼
Tennessee has 740 facilities that report to the EPA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI). These facilities have collectively reported 380.1M 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 Tennessee have Superfund sites? ▼
Yes, Tennessee has 26 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 Tennessee? ▼
Tennessee has 454 EPA-regulated water systems in the Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) extract used here. 131 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 Tennessee drinking water program. Source: EPA SDWIS.
What environmental data is available for Tennessee? ▼
PlainEnviro provides three categories of EPA environmental data for Tennessee: Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data covering 740 industrial facilities, Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS) data for 454 water systems, and Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) data for 26 contaminated sites.
How does Tennessee compare to other states on EPA disclosure counts? ▼
Tennessee has 740 TRI facilities with 380.1M lbs in total releases, 26 Superfund sites, and 1,192 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 Tennessee's environmental health score? ▼
PlainEnviro's composite environmental health score for Tennessee is 57/100 (grade F). 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 Tennessee: 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 Tennessee's data
Use this state profile as a starting point, then drill into the specific dataset that matters to you.
- Check the 740 TRI facilities reporting in Tennessee for the largest reported releases near a specific county. View facilities
- 131 water systems in the state have a recorded health-based violation, check if yours is one of them. Check water systems
- See how Tennessee 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
Tennessee'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.
PlainEnviro renders public EPA records directly from its data pipeline; no figure on this page is typed in by an editor. See the editorial standards and corrections policy for how source changes and reported errors are handled.