PERI: Toxic 100 Index

Southern Company

Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 12
Surface Water releases 2018 (lbs): 71,750
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2018 (lbs): 58
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2018: 2,270,063,928
Percentage of national total 2018 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.4%

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This company is rank 3 on the Greenhouse 100 list.

Chemicals displayed below: (display facilities) (display chemicals at facilities)
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Chemical	Surface water releases (lbs)	POTW transfers (lbs)	Toxic Hazard (quantity x toxicity)	Percent of total company hazard
Arsenic compounds	1,176	0	1,764,000,000	77.71%
Chromium compounds	5,331	0	479,790,019	21.14%
Copper compounds	16,375	0	24,562,500	1.08%
Vanadium compounds	4,300	0	602,000	0.03%
Nickel compounds	4,813	10	438,893	0.02%
Lead compounds	12	0	212,400	0.01%
Barium compounds	31,875	0	159,375	0.01%
Mercury compounds	15	0	154,000	0.01%
Selenium compounds	630	0	126,000	0.01%
Manganese compounds	1,341	0	9,521	0.00%
Zinc compounds	2,746	48	9,220	0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds	0	0	0	0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds	0	0	0	0.00%
Cobalt compounds	65	0	0	0.00%
Thallium compounds	0	0	0	0.00%
Ammonia	3,071	0	0	0.00%
Styrene	0	0	0	0.00%

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 2018, 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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