Orange County, NC
The federal environmental record for Orange County (population 150,626): 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
2
PFAS-detecting water systems
3
TRI facilities
65
open tank releases
Drinking water: PFAS testing
Public water systems serving Orange 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ORANGE WATER & SEWER AUTHORITY NC0368010 | PFOS: 4.8 ng/L PFOA: 4.6 ng/L | above final limit |
| ORANGE-ALAMANCE WATER SYSTEM NC0368020 | PFOS: 12.2 ng/L PFOA: 9.4 ng/L PFHxA: 4.1 ng/L | above final limit |
On a system with detections? Testing and treatment options
Facilities reporting toxic releases (2024)
3 facilities in Orange filed TRI reports for 2024, totalling 4k lb released.
| Facility | City | Top chemicals | Total released |
|---|---|---|---|
| INDUSTRIAL CONNECTIONS & SOLUTIONS LLC | MEBANE | Copper, Silver | 2k lb |
| ARMACELL LLC | MEBANE | Zinc compounds, Diisononyl Phthalates (DINP) | 2k lb |
| WILMORE ELECTRONICS CO INC | HILLSBOROUGH | - | 0 lb |
Underground fuel tanks
EPA's UST Finder records 238 tank facilities in Orange: 210 tanks in service and 580 closed. 220 fuel releases are on record, of which 65 remain open. Open releases are cleanups that have not reached "no further action".
Radon
EPA maps Orange 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 Orange, including sites assessed but never listed. Presence here records that EPA had reason to look, not a finding of danger.
- 828 MLK BLVD PROPERTYCHAPEL HILL
- EUBANKS RD CONTAMINATED WELLCHAPEL HILL
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA CHAPEL HILLCHAPEL HILL