Physical & aggregate · 2025

Hardness in Huntington Beach, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 report shows Hardness detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Average
Groundwater
162 mg/L
Average
Imported MWD
236 mg/L
Range
System-wide
58.9–280 mg/L
Average
Groundwater
10
Average
Imported MWD
14
Range
System-wide
3.5–16

Verbatim from Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 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.

How Huntington Beach, CA compares

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People also ask

+Is there Hardness in Huntington Beach, CA tap water?

Yes — Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 Consumer Confidence Report lists Hardness at 236 mg/L. Huntington Beach, CA's 2025 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 2025 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Huntington Beach, 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/huntington-beach/2025/source.

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