Facility detail

PPG INDUSTRIES INC WATERTOWN

856 ECHO LAKE ROAD, WATERTOWN, CT, 06795

Parent company: PPG INDUSTRIES INC

Carcinogen PBT — EPA classifications across all reporting years

Year-over-year total releases

Reported on-site TRI releases in pounds (lbs), grouped by reporting year.

Top chemical totals

The 10 chemicals with the highest cumulative on-site releases in pounds (lbs) across all available years.

Full release table

Rows are years. Columns show the five highest-total chemicals across all years plus each year's total release volume.

All values in pounds (lbs)
Year Xylene (mixed isomers) Ethylbenzene Zinc compounds Zinc (fume or dust) 1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene Total (lbs)
2010 1,052 — 74 — — 1,126
2009 1,052 — 74 — — 1,156
2008 2,057 — 71 — 255 2,918
2007 2,180 — 255 — 255 3,220
2006 2,374 — 500 — 255 3,895
2005 2,322 — 500 — 255 3,602
2004 2,539 — 50 — — 2,589
2003 9,440 — — — — 9,440
2002 9,440 — — — — 9,440
2001 9,478 — 22 — — 9,500
2000 4,049 — 195 — — 4,244
1999 4,807 865 166 — — 5,838
1998 6,479 — — — — 6,479
1997 6,170 1,538 — 193 — 7,901
1996 7,494 1,493 — 21 — 9,008
1995 10,763 2,900 — 13 — 13,676
1994 5,900 1,000 — 10 — 6,910
1993 18,900 9,500 — 10 — 28,410
1992 250 250 — 250 — 1,250
1991 250 250 — 250 — 1,000
1990 250 250 — 250 — 1,000
1989 250 — — 250 — 1,000
1988 250 — — 10 — 265
1987 250 — — 100 — 400

▎ Facilities report to EPA's TRI once they manufacture, process, or use a listed chemical above set thresholds. Once that threshold is crossed, they must report actual releases regardless of size — so a small number reflects genuine low-level discharge, not a data error.