Physical & aggregate · 2021

Hardness in Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2021 report shows Hardness detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
West Basin MWD
194 mg/L
Average
Groundwater
236 mg/L
Range
Groundwater
200–250 mg/L
Range
West Basin MWD
107–281 mg/L

Verbatim from Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report — source document ↗

About Hardness

A measure of dissolved calcium and magnesium minerals.

Not federally regulated for health; affects scaling, soap use, and taste.

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People also ask

+Is there Hardness in Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA tap water?

Yes — Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2021 Consumer Confidence Report lists Hardness at 236 mg/L. Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA's 2021 report shows Hardness detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

+What's the federal limit for Hardness in drinking water?

The EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for Hardness. Utilities still report any measured levels in their annual Consumer Confidence Report.

+What is Hardness?

A measure of dissolved calcium and magnesium minerals. Not federally regulated for health; affects scaling, soap use, and taste.

+Where does this Hardness measurement come from?

This page reproduces the Hardness entry from the 2021 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Hawthorne-city Water Dept. — San Jose, Ca, CA water utility — the annual drinking-water report every U.S. utility is required by federal law to publish. The original source document is archived at /water/ca/hawthorne-city-water-dept-san-jose-ca/2021/source.

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