Public water system record
Town of Elon
Serves Elon, Alamance County, NC · 11,350 people served
Federal records show no health-based violations and 11 monitoring/reporting issues for Town of Elon in the last ten years. At least one of these issues remains unresolved.
System profile
- Health-based violations, last 10 years
- 0
- Resolved
- 0
- Unresolved
- 0
- Any acute record
- No
- Monitoring issues, last 10 years
- 11
Key facts
- Town of Elon buys its water from City of Burlington.
- Most recent formal enforcement: compliance order (no penalty) by North Carolina, December 2024.
- Record on file since 2001, with 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016.
- Lead pipe inventory: 0 lead and 822 unknown out of 2,076 service lines.
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Health-based violations
Since October 2016Violation data reflects EPA records through March 2026. For the most current status, visit the EPA ECHO database.
None since October 2016.
Monitoring and reporting issues
Since October 2016Missed tests or reports, not contaminants found above a limit.
| Issue | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Oct 1, 2024 |
Active
Enforcement action in place
|
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Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jul 1, 2024 | Resolved |
|
Public Notice
OTHER
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Apr 7, 2024 | Resolved |
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Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Mar 1, 2023 | Resolved |
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Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Dec 1, 2022 | Resolved |
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Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
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Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Monitoring and reporting
|
Sep 1, 2022 | Resolved |
|
Lead and Copper Rule
Monitoring and reporting
|
Jan 1, 2022 | Resolved |
Full record since 2001
EPA's records for Town of Elon go back to 2001. Before October 19, 2016 they list 4 health-based violations (4 resolved) and 113 monitoring or reporting violations.
| Violations that began in | Health-based | Monitoring and reporting |
|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 4 | 113 |
| 2020s | 0 | 11 |
Most recent health-based violation before October 19, 2016: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), began October 2009, Resolved.
Show all 4 health-based violations before October 19, 2016
| Contaminant | Start date | Status |
|---|---|---|
|
Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Contaminant limit exceeded
Measured 0.087 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 0.09 mg/L, federal limit 0.08 mg/L (1.1 times the limit)
|
Apr 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, 2006 | Resolved |
Enforcement actions
North Carolina regulators took 16 formal enforcement actions against Town of Elon between 2008 and 2024. The most recent was a compliance order (no penalty) in December 2024.
| Date | By | Action | Violations covered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 17, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Nov 18, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Lead and Copper Rule |
| Sep 20, 2024 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jul 19, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Mar 28, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 1 violation: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 26, 2023 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Oct 30, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order (no penalty) | 4 violations (4 health-based): Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Jul 23, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs), Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) |
| Jan 8, 2009 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Dec 11, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 5 violations: Radium-226, Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Uranium, Radium-228, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Oct 22, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 5 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Combined Uranium, Radium-226, Radium-228, Combined Radium (-226 and -228) |
| Aug 22, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 2 violations: Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Total Trihalomethanes (TTHMs) |
| Aug 8, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 20 violations: Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, Radium-226, Combined Radium (-226 and -228), Combined Uranium, Radium-228 |
| Jul 15, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 1 violation: Nitrate |
| Jun 18, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 12 violations: Cadmium, CYANIDE, Fluoride, Nickel, Beryllium, Total |
| May 23, 2008 | North Carolina | Compliance order with a penalty | 11 violations: ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE, Toxaphene, Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate, Picloram, Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) |
Where the water comes from
Town of Elon buys its water from City of Burlington. It lists no wells or intakes of its own. It also has an emergency connection to Town of Gibsonville.
Buys water from
- City of Burlington Burlington, NC
Emergency or part-time connections to
- Town of Gibsonville Gibsonville, NC
Annual water quality report
Town of Elon 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.
Find a posted report with EPA's Consumer Confidence Report search
Testing your own water
To test the water at your tap, or a private well this record does not cover, use a laboratory certified for drinking water by North Carolina.
Certified drinking water labs by state EPA guidance for private wells