Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 10 Surface Water releases 2019 (lbs): 5,242,482 POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2019 (lbs): 2,129,126
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2019: 2,859,840,185
Percentage of national total 2019 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.6%
EJ: Near Poor Share: 25%
EJ: Minority Share: 12%
Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
(Click on column headers to re-sort table: current sort is by pounds of POTW transfers.) (Links on chemical names lead to New Jersey Right To Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheets that have information on chemical health effects.)
For explanations of most columns above, including the EJ Shares, see the technical notes.
Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and pounds transferred to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2019, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.
Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.
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