Pinehurst, NC water hardness

Tap water hardness
34mg/L
2.0gpg
Soft

Reported by Southern Pines, Town of · October 2025

NC typical
31 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Pinehurst water measures 34 mg/L (2.0 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Southern Pines, Town of, dated October 2025.

Pinehurst on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+NC typical 31Fayetteville: 29 mg/LFayetteville 29Hope Mills: 29 mg/LHope Mills 29Southern Pines: 34 mg/LSouthern Pines 34Asheboro: 42 mg/LAsheboro 42Sanford: 50 mg/LSanford 50Spout Springs: 51 mg/LSpout Springs 51Barbecue: 51 mg/LBarbecue 51Anderson Creek: 51 mg/LAnderson Creek 51Lillington: 51 mg/LLillington 51Angier: 51 mg/LAngier 51Pinehurst 34mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+NC 31Fayetteville: 29 mg/LFayettevil. 29Southern Pines: 34 mg/LSouthern P. 34Sanford: 50 mg/LSanford 50Spout Springs: 51 mg/LSpout Spri. 51Barbecue: 51 mg/LBarbecue 51Anderson Creek: 51 mg/LAnderson C. 5134 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Pinehurst sits close to the typical North Carolina figure of 31 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 2 have softer water and 7 have harder. The range nearby runs from 29 mg/L in Fayetteville to 51 in Spout Springs.

What 34 mg/L means at home

Soap and shampoo lather with very little product. Kettles and showerheads stay mostly free of white crust.

Some people notice that soap feels slow to rinse off in soft water. That slippery feel is normal and harmless.

Hardness is not a health problem, and EPA sets no limit for it. It is a matter of scale and soap.

What to do about it

Nothing, as far as hardness goes. At 34 mg/L a softener would have almost nothing to remove.

Carbon filter

If the water tastes of chlorine, a pitcher or faucet carbon filter takes care of that. It does not change hardness.

EPA record for Pinehurst's water system

Moore CO Public Util-Pinehurst · PWSID NC0363108

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 31,390 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
6
Open now
0

EPA lists Moore CO Public Util-Pinehurst as the system serving Pinehurst. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Pinehurst.

Health-based means a contaminant above its legal limit or a missed treatment step. Monitoring and reporting violations are late or missing tests and notices. Source: EPA ECHO, 2026Q3 export, violations with periods starting 2016 or later. Full EPA record.

Questions

Is Pinehurst water hard?

No. It measures about 34 mg/L (2.0 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Pinehurst in grains per gallon?

About 2.0 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 34 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.0.

Has the Pinehurst water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Moore CO Public Util-Pinehurst since 2016. There were also 6 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 101 cities in North Carolina

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, October 6, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.