Prattville, AL water hardness

Tap water hardness
19mg/L
1.1gpg
SoftReports range 8–19

Reported by Prattville (Water Works Board Of) · June 2024

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

Prattville water measures 19 mg/L (1.1 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Prattville (Water Works Board Of), dated June 2024. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 8 to 19 mg/L.

Prattville on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+AL typical 73Greenville: 7 mg/LGreenville 7Millbrook: 11 mg/LMillbrook 11Alexander 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 196Prattville 19mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+AL 73Greenville: 7 mg/LGreenville 7Millbrook: 11 mg/LMillbrook 11Montgomery: 38 mg/LMontgomery 38Pike Road: 38 mg/LPike Road 38Clanton: 53 mg/LClanton 53Selma: 74 mg/LSelma 7419 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Prattville sits 54 mg/L below the typical Alabama figure of 73. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 2 have softer water and 8 have harder. The range nearby runs from 7 mg/L in Greenville to 196 in Calera.

What 19 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 19 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 Prattville's water system

Prattville, the WW Board of the City of · PWSID AL0000017

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 46,614 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
149
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 Prattville water hard?

No. It measures about 19 mg/L (1.1 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.1 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 19 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.1.

Has the Prattville water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Prattville, the WW Board of the City of since 2016. There were also 149 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, June 18, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.