Alamance County, NC
The federal environmental record for Alamance County (population 179,165): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
3
federal cleanup sites
4
PFAS-detecting water systems
12
TRI facilities
159
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Alamance with at least one PFAS detection under UCMR5. The federal limit for PFOA and PFOS is 4 ng/L; EPA proposed in May 2026 to rescind the limits for the other compounds, which are shown for information.
| System | Highest results | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| BURLINGTON, CITY OF NC0201010 | PFOS: 17 ng/L PFOA: 13 ng/L 6:2 FTS: 9.7 ng/L | above final limit |
| GRAHAM, CITY OF NC0201015 | PFBS: 10.6 ng/L PFOA: 7.6 ng/L PFOS: 7.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| MEBANE, CITY OF NC0201018 | PFBS: 10.8 ng/L PFOA: 7.8 ng/L PFOS: 7.4 ng/L | above final limit |
| ELON, TOWN OF NC0201025 | PFOS: 9 ng/L PFBA: 5.8 ng/L PFOA: 5.3 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
12 facilities in Alamance filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 145k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH ATLANTIC GALVANIZING | GRAHAM | Zinc compounds, Lead | 132k lb |
| LIGGETT GROUP LLC | MEBANE | Nicotine and salts | 10k lb |
| BURLINGTON FINISHING PLANT | BURLINGTON | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone | 1k lb |
| APOLLO CHEMICAL | BURLINGTON | Ethylene glycol, Certain glycol ethers | 875 lb |
| INDULOR AMERICA LP | GRAHAM | Ammonia, Ethyl acrylate | 662 lb |
| ENGINEERED CONTROLS INTERNATIONAL LLC | ELON | Copper | 128 lb |
| CANFOR SOUTHERN PINE - GRAHAM PLANT | GRAHAM | Lead And Lead Compounds, Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds | 29 lb |
| REVERE SOUTH INC. | MEBANE | - | 0 lb |
| CONCRETE SUPPLY CO. LLC - HATCHERY RD | BURLINGTON | Lead And Lead Compounds | 0 lb |
| HUFFMAN OIL CO INC | BURLINGTON | - | 0 lb |
| HYDRO EXTRUSION USA LLC | BURLINGTON | Lead | 0 lb |
| NORTH CAROLINA MANUFACTURING | SWEPSONVILLE | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 537 tank facilities in Alamance: 372 tanks in service and 1,205 closed. 495 fuel releases are on record, of which 159 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Alamance as Zone 3, the lowest predicted indoor radon (under 2 pCi/L average). Radon and air quality are covered in depth on lung.com.
The record for one specific address
County figures blur what matters: distance. The Address Environmental Report runs these same federal datasets against one address and reports every site, tank, polluter and water result around it, with distances, in about a minute.
Get the report - $39All federal cleanup sites on file
The wider Superfund enterprise inventory (SEMS) for Alamance, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- CULP, INC. - CULP WEAVINGGRAHAM
- EAST PARKER STREET TEXTILE MILL FIREGRAHAM
- TARHEEL ARMY MISSILE PLTBURLINGTON