Alamance, NC
Transparent derived index from EPA TRI / SDWIS / Superfund extracts: not an official EPA rating. Fixed caps: facilities ≤25 pts (50+ = max), log10 releases ≤25 pts, Superfund ≤25 pts (5/site), health-violation systems ≤15 pts (3/system), high-chemical facilities ≤10 pts. Bands: High ≥60, Moderate ≥30. See methodology.
Environmental data for Alamance in North Carolina · Population: 174,286
TRI sites such as South Atlantic Galvanizing; Canfor Southern Pine - Graham Plant; Liggett Group LLC; SDWIS systems such as BURLINGTON, CITY OF; MEBANE, CITY OF; GRAHAM, CITY OF anchor Alamance, NC's EPA extract. Derived burden score 46/100 (Moderate Risk) uses fixed national caps on density, log release volume, Superfund count, and health-flagged systems - not an official EPA rating.
Health-flagged SDWIS rows in Alamance include BURLINGTON, CITY OF; ORANGE-ALAMANCE WATER SYSTEM; OSSIPEE TOWN OF, while South Atlantic Galvanizing leads reported TRI pounds among local Form R filers. No AQS county monitors report here.
Burden score 46/100 (Moderate Risk) is the only weighted composite on this page. The tables below list every TRI facility, SDWIS system, and Superfund site EPA has on record for Alamance -- not just the names called out above -- reproducing the disclosure history as filed, not a current-safety verdict. Extract current as of 2026-08-25.
Release-over-release change
What changed for Alamance, NC: EPA TRI 2023 reporting year
Same facilities, both years
-5.9%
12 facilities that filed in 2022 and 2023
Whole inventory
-5.9%
126.5 thousand lb → 119.1 thousand lb, every facility that filed
Between the two reporting years, 1 facility filed for the first time and 0 stopped filing. Facilities entering or leaving the inventory are excluded from the same-facility comparison above.
- Alamance, NC's total reported releases fell from 126.5 thousand lb in 2022 to 119.1 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Alamance, NC's water releases rose from 40 lb in 2022 to 52 lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Alamance, NC's air releases fell from 18.3 thousand lb in 2022 to 15.2 thousand lb in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
- Alamance, NC's chemicals reported fell from 26 in 2022 to 23 in 2023, based on EPA TRI filings.
Water Systems (24)
| System | System pop (SDWIS) | Violations |
|---|---|---|
| BURLINGTON, CITY OF | 61,365 | 4 |
| MEBANE, CITY OF | 20,212 | 0 |
| GRAHAM, CITY OF | 18,354 | 0 |
| ELON, TOWN OF | 11,350 | 0 |
| ORANGE-ALAMANCE WATER SYSTEM | 9,223 | 11 |
| HAW RIVER, TOWN OF | 2,650 | 0 |
| SWEPSONVILLE, TOWN OF | 2,497 | 0 |
| GREEN LEVEL, TOWN OF | 2,450 | 0 |
| OSSIPEE TOWN OF | 2,390 | 3 |
| VILLAGE OF ALAMANCE | 1,200 | 0 |
| SAXAPAHAW UTILITY COMPANY | 880 | 1 |
| SLEEPY HOLLOW ESTATES MHP | 240 | 1 |
| COUNTRY CLUB MHP | 127 | 0 |
| SOUTH SAXAPAHAW UTILITY COMPANY | 108 | 0 |
| STERLING RIDGE S/D | 104 | 0 |
| CIRCLE K PARK | 97 | 0 |
| MAPLE VIEW MHP | 96 | 0 |
| MAPLE OAKS MHP | 84 | 4 |
| LINEBERRY MHP | 82 | 0 |
| ROBBEN MH COURT | 75 | 3 |
| RUSSETTE MEADOWS MHP | 65 | 0 |
| KIRBY`S MHP | 60 | 0 |
| MEADOWLANE ESTATES MHP | 48 | 0 |
| SELLARS MOBILE HOME PARK | 48 | 0 |
TRI Facilities (13)
| # | Facility | Total Releases |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Atlantic Galvanizing | 511.9K lbs |
| 2 | Canfor Southern Pine - Graham Plant | 62.0K lbs |
| 3 | Liggett Group LLC | 53.6K lbs |
| 4 | Indulor America LP | 10.3K lbs |
| 5 | Burlington Finishing Plant | 6.6K lbs |
| 6 | Apollo Chemical | 4.0K lbs |
| 7 | North Carolina Manufacturing | 2.2K lbs |
| 8 | Engineered Controls International LLC | 379 lbs |
| 9 | Edwards Wood Products Inc. | 8 lbs |
| 10 | Hydro Extrusion USA LLC | 1 lbs |
| 11 | Concrete Supply Co. LLC - Hatchery Rd | 0 lbs |
| 12 | Huffman Oil Co Inc | 0 lbs |
| 13 | Revere South Inc. | 0 lbs |
Cities in Alamance (9)
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This county environmental profile rolls up EPA Toxics Release Inventory facility reports, Safe Drinking Water Information System public-water-system filings, and Superfund National Priorities List sites for the county boundary defined by the U.S. Census Bureau. Facility counts reflect facilities with a reporting address inside the county, not where downstream environmental effects may be observed. Population figures are from the most recent Census ACS 5-year estimate. The county detail page is updated whenever the upstream EPA programs publish revised data; see the methodology page for the documented ingest cadence and the editorial choices governing how aggregations are computed.
Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.