Monroeville, AL water hardness

Tap water hardness
7mg/L
0.4gpg
Soft

Reported by Monroeville (Water Works BD. of City Of) · May 2022

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

Tap water in Monroeville has about 7 mg/L of hardness, which is 0.4 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Monroeville (Water Works BD. of City Of), dated May 2022.

Monroeville on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+AL typical 73Greenville: 7 mg/LGreenville 7Bay Minette: 18 mg/LBay Minette 18Atmore: 25 mg/LAtmore 25Loxley: 25 mg/LLoxley 25Satsuma: 30 mg/LSatsuma 30Spanish Fort: 31 mg/LSpanish Fort 31Saraland: 34 mg/LSaraland 34Andalusia: 47 mg/LAndalusia 47Selma: 74 mg/LSelma 74Brewton: 85 mg/LBrewton 85Monroeville 7mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+AL 73Greenville: 7 mg/LGreenville 7Bay Minette: 18 mg/LBay Minette 18Atmore: 25 mg/LAtmore 25Loxley: 25 mg/LLoxley 25Andalusia: 47 mg/LAndalusia 47Brewton: 85 mg/LBrewton 857 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 7 mg/L, Monroeville is 66 mg/L below the typical Alabama figure of 73. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 7 mg/L in Greenville to 85 in Brewton.

What 7 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 7 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 Monroeville's water system

Monroeville, Water Works BD. of City of · PWSID AL0001052

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 9,885 people from groundwater.

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 Monroeville water hard?

No. It measures about 7 mg/L (0.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 7 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.4.

Has the Monroeville water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Monroeville, Water Works BD. of City of 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.