Millbrook, AL water hardness

Tap water hardness
11mg/L
0.7gpg
Soft

Reported by Tri Community Water System · May 2022

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

Millbrook water measures 11 mg/L (0.7 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Tri Community Water System, dated May 2022.

Millbrook on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+AL typical 73Greenville: 7 mg/LGreenville 7Prattville: 19 mg/LPrattville 19Alexander City: 21 mg/LAlexander City 21Montgomery: 38 mg/LMontgomery 38Pike Road: 38 mg/LPike Road 38Clanton: 53 mg/LClanton 53Tuskegee: 65 mg/LTuskegee 65Selma: 74 mg/LSelma 74Sylacauga: 94 mg/LSylacauga 94Calera: 196 mg/LCalera 196Millbrook 11mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+AL 73Prattville: 19 mg/LPrattville 19Alexander City: 21 mg/LAlexander. 21Montgomery: 38 mg/LMontgomery 38Pike Road: 38 mg/LPike Road 38Clanton: 53 mg/LClanton 53Selma: 74 mg/LSelma 7411 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Millbrook sits 62 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 7 mg/L in Greenville to 196 in Calera.

What 11 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 11 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 Millbrook's water system

Tri Community Water System · PWSID AL0000549

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 11,832 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
0
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 Millbrook water hard?

No. It measures about 11 mg/L (0.7 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.7 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 11 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.7.

Has the Millbrook water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Tri Community Water System since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 91 cities in Alabama

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, May 18, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.