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City of Mebane

Serves Mebane, Alamance County and Orange County, NC · 20,212 people served

Federal records show no health-based violations and no monitoring or reporting issues for City of Mebane in the last ten years.

  • NC0201018
  • MEBANE
  • NC
  • 20,212 served

System profile

Source water Purchased surface water
ZIP 27302
EPA system ID NC0201018

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Health-based violations, last 10 years
0
Resolved
0
Unresolved
0
Any acute record
No
Monitoring issues, last 10 years
0

Key facts

  • City of Mebane buys its water from City of Graham.
  • Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, November 2008.
  • Record on file since 1992, with 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
  • Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 995 unknown out of 6,188 service lines.

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Health-based violations

Since October 2016

Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.

None since October 2016, and no monitoring or reporting violations either.

Full record since 1992

EPA's records for City of Mebane go back to 1992. Before October 19, 2016 they list 8 health-based violations (8 resolved) and 12 monitoring or reporting violations.

Violations that began in Health-based Monitoring and reporting
1990s 0 3
2000s 6 9
2010 to October 18, 2016 2 0

Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began April 2010, Resolved.

Show all 8 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
Contaminant Start date Status
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.083 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jan 1, 2010 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.091 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.093 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.2 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.081 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Jan 1, 2009 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.084 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Oct 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.082 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (at or just above the limit)
 Apr 1, 2008 Resolved
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.086 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
 Jul 1, 2005 Resolved

Enforcement actions

North Carolina regulators took 1 formal enforcement action against City of Mebane in 2008. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in November 2008.

Date By Action Violations covered
Nov 3, 2008 North Carolina Compliance order (no penalty) 7 violations (7 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Where the water comes from

City of Mebane buys its water from City of Graham. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Orange-Alamance Water System. 1 other public water system has an emergency connection to City of Mebane.

Buys water from

Emergency or part-time connections to

Annual water quality report

City of Mebane must give its customers an annual water quality report (Consumer Confidence Report) by July 1, with the levels its tests found in the previous year.

Systems serving 10,000 or more people must mail or deliver the report to every customer, and from 2027 they must send it twice a year.

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Testing your own water

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