Durham County, NC
The federal environmental record for Durham County (population 336,892): what is on file, where it is, and what remains open. Sources and retrieval dates are on the methodology page.
0
Superfund NPL sites
17
federal cleanup sites
1
PFAS-detecting water systems
13
TRI facilities
119
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Durham 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DURHAM, CITY OF NC0332010 | PFBS: 6.5 ng/L PFOS: 5.8 ng/L PFBA: 5.2 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
13 facilities in Durham filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 65k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCM METAL PRODUCTS INC | RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK | Copper And Copper Compounds, Chromium and Chromium Compounds(except for chromite ore mined in the Transvaal Region) | 28k lb |
| IPS STRUCTURAL ADHESIVES INC. | DURHAM | Methyl methacrylate | 15k lb |
| WOLFSPEED INC. | DURHAM | Hydrogen fluoride, Ammonia | 10k lb |
| BRENNTAG MID-SOUTH | DURHAM | Styrene, n-Hexane | 6k lb |
| WOLFSPEED INC. (RTP) | RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK | N-Methyl-2-pyrrolidone, Hydrogen fluoride | 4k lb |
| CORMETECH INC | DURHAM | Vanadium compounds | 2k lb |
| BIOGEN RTP | MORRISVILLE | Toluene, Acetonitrile | 265 lb |
| SUNROCK INDUSTRIES LLC - MDC | DURHAM | Lead And Lead Compounds, Mercury And Mercury Compounds | 178 lb |
| GENERAL ELECTRIC AEROSPACE - DURHAM ENGINE FACILITY | DURHAM | Nickel | 15 lb |
| AISIN NORTH CAROLINA CORP | DURHAM | Nickel, Copper | 2 lb |
| FOUNDATION LABS BY PLY GEM LLC | DURHAM | - | 0 lb |
| ARGOS READY MIX HWY 55 CONCRETE PLANT | DURHAM | Lead | 0 lb |
| THOMAS CONCRETE - DURHAM | DURHAM | Lead | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 576 tank facilities in Durham: 466 tanks in service and 1,250 closed. 588 fuel releases are on record, of which 119 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Durham 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 Durham, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- ARMY RESERVE XVIII AIRBORNE CORPSDURHAM
- BALL ROAD TRAILERBAHAMA
- BECKMANN DURHAM SANDEFUR SITEDURHAM
- DAUGHERTY CHEM CODURHAM
- DUBLIN STREET TCEDURHAM
- EAKES CLEANERSDURHAM
- MONTESSORI COMMUNITY SCHOOL MERCURY RELEASEDURHAM
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENV HEALTH SCIENCEDURHAM
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENV HEALTH SCIENCEDURHAM
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY MERCURY SPILLDURHAM
- RUFFIN STREET MERCURYDURHAM
- SOUTHCHEMDURHAM
- US EPA RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARKDURHAM
- VIRGINIA AVENUE UNKNOWN CONTAINERSDURHAM
- VIRGINIA CAROLINA CHEMICAL (VCC) DURHAMDURHAM
- WEST PEABODY STREET VIDURHAM
- WORTH CHEMICAL/AMORE CHEMICALDURHAM