Environment
Penny Road Elementary — Environment & Air Quality
Air quality, drinking-water safety and environmental hazards within 1–5 miles of Penny Road Elementary in Cary, North Carolina.
Latest Air Quality Index
42
Good · monitor 16.6 km away
PM2.5 annual7.6 µg/m³
Water health violations 10yr8
TRI sites within 1 mi1
Air Quality
EPA AirNow + AQS · 2024
42
AQI latest — Good
42
AQI 7-day avg
3
Days unhealthy in last 90
7.6
PM2.5 annual µg/m³ (EPA NAAQS limit: 9.0)
43.9
Ozone annual ppb
15.7
NO₂ annual ppb
Public Water System
CARY, TOWN OF · PWS NC0392020
8
Health-based violations (10yr)
8
Acute violations (10yr)
224,000
Population served
75
Most recent violation type
2023-05-10
Nearby Environmental Hazards
EPA Superfund (NPL), TRI release sites, brownfields (2024)
1
TRI sites within 1 mile
8
TRI sites within 5 miles
7.5 mi
Nearest Superfund (NPL)
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY LOT 86 FARM UNIT 1
7.0 mi
Nearest brownfield
FARMHOUSE PUMP STATION SITE
Sources: school_air_quality + school_air_quality_daily (EPA AQS / AirNow), school_water_safety (EPA SDWIS), school_env_hazards (EPA NPL / TRI / Brownfields).