Asheboro Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Asheboro, North Carolina, the Randolph County seat — a major central Piedmont North Carolina zoo and manufacturing city (Asheboro is the Randolph County seat — the home of the North Carolina Zoological Park (the NC Zoo — one of the largest walk-through natural habitat zoos in the United States; the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro covers approximately 2,600 acres and is the largest land area of any state zoo in the country; the NC Zoo features naturalistic habitats for African and North American wildlife and draws hundreds of thousands of visitors annually; the zoo is one of the most important tourism assets in central North Carolina)); Asheboro and Randolph County are the heart of North Carolina's furniture and hosiery manufacturing heritage (Randolph County was one of the most important furniture manufacturing counties in North Carolina during the 20th century; the Piedmont Triad region including Asheboro, High Point, and Greensboro was the center of the American furniture industry for much of the 20th century; the hosiery and textile industries were also major employers in Asheboro and surrounding Randolph County communities), a diverse Randolph County community with a significant Hispanic-American (especially Mexican-American), African-American, and working-class manufacturing and zoo-area population — draws its municipal water supply via the City of Asheboro Water Division. Water hardness in Asheboro measures 64.5 mg/L — classified as moderately soft.

Asheboro's moderate softness reflects the central NC Randolph County Uwharrie Piedmont watershed's calcareous-poor character. The Deep River watershed (Caraway Creek) draws from Precambrian NC Piedmont crystalline with effective treatment, producing the moderately soft 64.5 mg/L.

With hardness at 64.5 mg/L, Asheboro residents enjoy moderately soft water. City of Asheboro Water Division consistently delivers water meeting all North Carolina DEQ and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.