The groundwater is monitored biannually to detect if contaminants are being released from the landfill. There is no indication that chemicals are currently being released from the landfill into the groundwater. Allied Foundry is an iron foundry that was built in 1975, on approximately 9 acres, in an industrial section within the town limits of Brewton. The company was sold in 1987 and renamed the Alabama Ductile Casting Company. This active foundry is currently casting and marketing 30-70 pound iron automotive products.
Scrap metal is stored on open concrete areas and in covered buildings.
The nearest residents to Allied Foundry are approximately 0.25 mile away and are provided potable water by Brewton Water Works municipal groundwater. Brewton Iron Works Brewton Ironworks is located adjacent to Allied Foundry in an industrial section within the town limits of Brewton. This facility was constructed in 1898 on 3.5 acres as a small iron foundry that manufactured castings for municipal water and wastewater treatment plants . Currently, Brewton Iron Works casts and markets small iron and plastic parts for municipal water and wastewater treatment plants. There are small piles of scrap metal stored on open concrete.