Spanish Fort, AL water hardness

Tap water hardness
31mg/L
1.8gpg
Soft

Reported by Spanish Fort Water System · June 2024

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

Tap water in Spanish Fort has about 31 mg/L of hardness, which is 1.8 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Spanish Fort Water System, dated June 2024.

Spanish Fort on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+AL typical 73Tillmans Corner: 11 mg/LTillmans Corner 11Robertsdale: 12 mg/LRobertsdale 12Bay Minette: 18 mg/LBay Minette 18Loxley: 25 mg/LLoxley 25Fairhope: 27 mg/LFairhope 27Daphne: 29 mg/LDaphne 29Prichard: 29 mg/LPrichard 29Mobile: 30 mg/LMobile 30Satsuma: 30 mg/LSatsuma 30Saraland: 34 mg/LSaraland 34Spanish Fort 31mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+AL 73Robertsdale: 12 mg/LRobertsdale 12Bay Minette: 18 mg/LBay Minette 18Loxley: 25 mg/LLoxley 25Fairhope: 27 mg/LFairhope 27Daphne: 29 mg/LDaphne 29Mobile: 30 mg/LMobile 3031 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 31 mg/L, Spanish Fort is 42 mg/L below the typical Alabama figure of 73. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 9 have softer water and 1 has harder. The range nearby runs from 11 mg/L in Tillmans Corner to 34 in Saraland.

What 31 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 31 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 Spanish Fort's water system

Spanish Fort Water System, Inc. · PWSID AL0000068

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 10,161 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
50
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 Spanish Fort water hard?

No. It measures about 31 mg/L (1.8 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Spanish Fort in grains per gallon?

About 1.8 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 31 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.8.

Has the Spanish Fort water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Spanish Fort Water System, Inc. since 2016. There were also 50 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 15, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.