MADISON COUNTY WATER WATCH
Superfund Sites
A Superfund site is an area that has been contaminated with hazardous waste — like toxic chemicals, heavy metals, or industrial pollutants — and is considered dangerous to human health or the environment.
These sites are placed on the EPA’s National Priorities List and targeted for cleanup under a federal law called the Superfund program (officially the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA).
Once a site is listed, the EPA investigates the contamination, holds responsible parties accountable, and oversees cleanup efforts — a process that can take years or even decades.
Interactive Map
Above: Interactive Map of local Superfund sites include:
Abandoned factories or chemical plants,
Old landfill Sites with groundwater or soil contamination,
Places where hazardous waste was improperly dumped or leaked.
Below: The Broadway & Grand Ave. Superfund Site Summary
Indiana: Madison County has 1 National Priority List Superfund Site
Site Summary
1992 Broadway & Grand Corridor Superfund Site contamination was discovered in the 80s. Groundwater contamination site consists of comingled plumes of chlorinated substances that have contaminated the groundwater in the City of Anderson, Indiana. The Plume has contaminated one of the city's two municipal well fields. (Ranney Well 4-5)
2011 the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) reported trace concentrations of TCS, PCE, and cis-1,2 DCE in the finished water at the Treatment Plant and referred the site to IDEM's Site Investigation Program.
2013 IDEM Found Vinyl Chloride (VC) in raw water.
2018 Intro to the Wheeler Ave Water Plant that was added to the EPA National Priority List
2024 October - November Neal McKee states the Anderson Water has been testing high for PFOS Forever Chemicals.
2025 October concerned citizens discovered a blue green algae bloom surround Ranney Well 4-5 on the National Priority List Superfund Site.
Anderson, Madison County, Indiana
Contaminated WATER & Environment - Source Unknown
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Above: National Priority List Superfund Site located at Broadway & Grand Ave in Anderson, Madison County, Indiana a.k.a. the Killbuck Wetlands.
This location is contaminated with TCE, PCE, DCE, PFOS, and E.Coli/Coliform.
This site connects the Wheeler Ave Water Treatment Plant and to the Ranney Wells 4-5.
Below: Ranney Well #5 has some type of algae growing on the water well casing.
EPA - Harmful Algal Blooms & Drinking Water Treatment:
IDEM Blue Algae - Cyanotoxins
