Is Ashley Heights, NC tap water safe?
The short answer
1 of the 2 utilities serving Ashley Heights has a result above a legal limit or action level, or a health-based violation since 2016, in EPA’s and CDC’s records: Hoke Co Regional Water System.
Town of Aberdeen, which serves the most people here, has 2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 8.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
A town can be served by more than one utility, and some homes are on private wells. The name on your water bill tells you which is yours, and your ZIP code narrows it down. They are listed by how many people each serves in Ashley Heights’s ZIP codes, from EPA’s estimates.
- Open report
Town of Aberdeen
North Carolina · serves 12,473 people · about 290 in Ashley Heights
2 results above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 8.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
No health-based violations since 2016
- Open report
Hoke Co Regional Water System
North Carolina · serves 36,640 people · under 100 in Ashley Heights
1 result above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029. The worst: PFOS at 4.8 ppt, above EPA’s new limit, which takes effect in 2029.
1 health-based violation since 2016
What handles it
Each of these is certified, on a certifier’s listing, for a result above a line in Town of Aberdeen’s water, which serves the most people here. Another utility’s report names what handles its own results.
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ZeroWater 10 Cup Pitcher (ZP-010)
Pitcher
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53checked Oct. 4, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA
Aquasana Claryum Direct Connect (AQ-MF-1)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA
Express Water StreamLine Direct Connect System (USC001)
Under-sink carbon
- IAPMO listing:NSF/ANSI 42NSF/ANSI 53NSF/ANSI 401checked Oct. 16, 2026
Certified for: PFOS, PFOA
Water testing near Ashley Heights
The 3 labs North Carolina certifies closest to Ashley Heights, in a straight line. Call first: certification is test by test, and not every lab takes samples from homeowners.
Cameron Testing Services Inc.
Sanford, NC · about 30 miles
Certified for bacteria, nitrate, lead and copper, metals, minerals and other inorganics
Microbac - Fayetteville Division
Fayetteville, NC · about 32 miles
Certified for bacteria, minerals and other inorganics
TBL
Lumberton, NC · about 45 miles
Certified for bacteria
ZIP codes in Ashley Heights
Which ZIP codes are in Ashley Heights: Census 2020 relationship files. Which utilities serve them, and how many people: EPA SDWIS and EPA’s service area map. Each utility’s results: EPA UCMR 5, EPA SDWIS, and EPA’s and the state’s compliance monitoring, as its report lists them. How they are measured: methodology. Certified labs: North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, certified drinking water laboratories; distances from the Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation area gazetteer.
Near Ashley Heights
Other towns in Moore County with a page of their own.
What to do next
- Read Town of Aberdeen’s full reportEvery result with its dates, the violations, and the certification claim that handles each finding.Open the report
- Filters for PFOSRanked by certification and what they cost over five years.The best water filters for PFAS, ranked
- On a private well?No utility tests a well. A certified lab test is the first step.How to test well water