Environment
Independence Elementary School — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Independence Elementary School in Lima, Ohio.
Latest Air Quality Index
33
Good · monitor 5.5 km away
PM2.5 annual5.9 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr12
TRI sites within 1 mi5
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
33
AQI latest — Good
33
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
5.9
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
47.3
Ozone annual ppb
Public Water System
LIMA CITY · PWS OH0200811
12
Health-based violations (10yr)
4
Acute violations (10yr)
65,619
Population served
02 (health-based)
Most recent violation type
2024-04-01
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
5
TRI sites within 1 mile
36
TRI sites within 5 miles
47.3 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
MIAMI COUNTY INCINERATOR
1.0 mi
Nearest brownfield
FORMER USED CAR LOT SITE
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).