Alexander City, AL water hardness

Tap water hardness
21mg/L
1.2gpg
Soft

Reported by Alexander City Water Department · October 2025

AL typical
73 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Alexander City water measures 21 mg/L (1.2 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Alexander City Water Department, dated October 2025.

Alexander City on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+AL typical 73Millbrook: 11 mg/LMillbrook 11Opelika: 29 mg/LOpelika 29Roanoke: 34 mg/LRoanoke 34Montgomery: 38 mg/LMontgomery 38Clanton: 53 mg/LClanton 53Tuskegee: 65 mg/LTuskegee 65Auburn: 73 mg/LAuburn 73Columbiana: 86 mg/LColumbiana 86Sylacauga: 94 mg/LSylacauga 94Talladega: 134 mg/LTalladega 134Alexander City 21mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+AL 73Opelika: 29 mg/LOpelika 29Roanoke: 34 mg/LRoanoke 34Tuskegee: 65 mg/LTuskegee 65Auburn: 73 mg/LAuburn 73Sylacauga: 94 mg/LSylacauga 94Talladega: 134 mg/LTalladega 13421 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

At 21 mg/L, Alexander City is 52 mg/L below the typical Alabama figure of 73. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 1 has softer water and 9 have harder. The range nearby runs from 11 mg/L in Millbrook to 134 in Talladega.

What 21 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 21 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 Alexander City's water system

Alexander City, City of · PWSID AL0001265

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 34,005 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
8
Open now
0

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 Alexander City water hard?

No. It measures about 21 mg/L (1.2 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Alexander City in grains per gallon?

About 1.2 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 21 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.2.

Has the Alexander City water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Alexander City, City of since 2016. There were also 8 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 91 cities in Alabama

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, October 28, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.