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Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violations in North Carolina

22 active public water systems in North Carolina had a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation in the past three years, 5 of them in the latest quarter of EPA's data. What Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U is and why it matters.

Health effects: Alpha-emitting radionuclides accumulate in bone and soft tissue, delivering sustained internal radiation doses that increase lifetime cancer risk. There is no established safe threshold for ionizing radiation. Individual contributors such as radium-226 and polonium-210 have their own MCLs; gross alpha serves as a cost-effective screening tool that triggers more specific radionuclide analysis when exceeded.

Systems with a Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U violation

Latest quarter first, then largest first
SystemServesStatusRules violated, 3 yrUnresolved
Rockbridge S/d
Knightdale · Wake County
1,042 9 3
Ashley Hills North S/d
Knightdale · Wake County
602 1 1
Southern Trace S/d
Garner · Wake County
485 8 4
Honeycutt Reserve
Oak Ridge · Guilford County
132 6 0
Norwood S/d
Raleigh · Wake County
25 6 2
Bayleaf Master
Raleigh · Wake County
16,715 4 0
Northampton--Milwaukee
Jackson · Northampton County
5,715 9 1
Yanceyville, Town of
Yanceyville · Caswell County
1,937 4 2
Mount Pleasant, Town of
Mt Pleasant · Cabarrus County
1,786 6 2
Hampton Ridge S/d
Raleigh · Wake County
460 2 0
Deerhurst MHC
Wendell · Wake County
432 7 0
Cane Creek S/d
Snow Camp · Alamance County
394 3 0
Olde Mill Trace S/d
Raleigh · Wake County
394 1 0
Old Stage Place
Garner · Wake County
364 5 0
River Run S/d
Stokesdale · Rockingham County
360 2 0
Knightdale MHP Estates LLC
Raleigh · Wake County
285 2 1
Country Club MHP
Graham · Alamance County
127 8 2
Sunset Manor S/d
Wake Forest · Wake County
97 1 0
Circle H MHP
Aberdeen · Moore County
68 8 3
Mountain View MHP
Hendersonville · Henderson County
67 3 0
Village Woods Development
Oak Ridge · Guilford County
51 5 0
Cedar Oaks South S/d
Greensboro · Guilford County
45 1 0
About this data

A system is counted once if any of its violations in the past three years involved Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U, including monitoring and reporting lapses. Rules violated and status in the table are for the whole system, not Gross Alpha, Excl. Radon and U alone.

Source: the U.S. EPA's Enforcement and Compliance History Online system (ECHO), which publishes the federal Safe Drinking Water Information System. EPA's terms and values are shown as published. The North Carolina records are from EPA's data refresh of Oct 7, 2026; EPA refreshes this data quarterly, and states report to EPA with a lag of three to six months, so the newest violations may not appear yet.