Physical & aggregate · 2023

Hardness in Ontario Municipal Utilities Company, CA tap water

Detected — no federal limit

Ontario Municipal Utilities Company, CA's 2023 report shows Hardness detected, but the EPA has not set an enforceable federal limit for it.

The measurement

StatisticValue
Highest single sample
Source water
190 MG/L
Average
Source water
135.11764705882354 MG/L

Verbatim from Ontario Municipal Utilities Company, CA's 2023 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 Ontario Municipal Utilities Company, CA tap water?

Yes — Ontario Municipal Utilities Company, CA's 2023 Consumer Confidence Report lists Hardness at 135.11764705882354 MG/L. Ontario Municipal Utilities Company, CA's 2023 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 2023 Consumer Confidence Report published by the Ontario Municipal Utilities Company, 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/ontario-municipal-utilities-company/2023/source.

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