- EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
- PFOS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 4.1 ppt, highest 16.3 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025) PFOA or PFOS averaged above 4.0 ppt in UCMR 5 testing
- PFOA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 2.6 ppt, highest 10.2 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFHxA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 2.2 ppt, highest 8.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFPeA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 2.2 ppt, highest 8.6 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFBS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 2.1 ppt, highest 8.4 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFBA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1.5 ppt, highest 6.1 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFHxS (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1.1 ppt, highest 4.5 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- PFHpA (a PFAS): found in 1 of 4 samples, average 1 ppt, highest 3.9 ppt (EPA UCMR 5 testing, Jun 2024–Mar 2025)
- Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Dec 31, 2028). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
- Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Jan 2025–Apr 2025 (EPA SDWIS)
Public EPA test results
Can you drink Asheboro tap water? What EPA records show
EPA NC0276010 · serves Asheboro, NC · about 27,819 people (EPA SDWIS)
This report shows EPA's federal records for this water system: UCMR 5 testing, lead testing and violations. It isn't a test of the water at your tap, and it has no Water Score.
Public EPA test results
Asheboro, City of (EPA NC0276010)
ScoreYourWater.com gives no verdict on your tap water; it shows what the public records say, as of October 14, 2026. For Asheboro's main utility, Asheboro, City of: 1 health-based violation since July 1, 2021 in EPA records (EPA SDWIS). This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
What EPA records show for Asheboro, City of, as of October 14, 2026
Health-based violation: Stage 2 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts Rule, Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5), Jan 2025–Apr 2025 (EPA SDWIS).
Lead, 90th percentile: 0 ppb at the latest result in EPA records for a monitoring period that ran on or after July 1, 2021, at or below EPA's 15 ppb action level (EPA SDWIS, monitoring period Jan 1, 2026–Dec 31, 2028). The 90th percentile is a system-wide measure from homes sampled under EPA's lead rule; it isn't a result for your home.
This water system averaged above 4.0 ppt for PFOA or PFOS in EPA's UCMR 5 testing.
EPA's UCMR 5 testing looked for 30 contaminants here and found 8.
Source: EPA records (SDWIS, UCMR 5). SDWIS: data as of Oct 14, 2026. EPA UCMR 5 data, samples through June 2026.
Your water bill names your utility.
Does Asheboro, City of use chloramine?
EPA treatment records (state-reported) list chloramines for Asheboro, City of. EPA record
What EPA records show for this system
Reported results in EPA records (data as of Oct 14–15, 2026)