How hard is the water in Citrus Heights, CA?

Tap water hardness
82mg/L
4.8gpg
Moderately hardReports range 65–107

Reported by Sacramento Suburban Water District · September 2025

CA typical
121 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Softener for 3 people
24k grain
Data
Utility report

Citrus Heights water measures 82 mg/L (4.8 gpg) of hardness, moderately hard by USGS standards. The number comes from Sacramento Suburban Water District, dated September 2025. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 65 to 107 mg/L.

Citrus Heights on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+CA typical 121Rocklin: 11 mg/LRocklin 11Granite Bay: 13 mg/LGranite Bay 13Roseville: 19 mg/LRoseville 19Gold River: 30 mg/LGold River 30Orangevale: 45 mg/LOrangevale 45Fair Oaks: 53 mg/LFair Oaks 53Carmichael: 74 mg/LCarmichael 74Antelope: 90 mg/LAntelope 90Foothill Farms: 92 mg/LFoothill Farms 92North Highlands: 98 mg/LNorth Highlands 98Citrus Heights 82mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+CA 121Orangevale: 45 mg/LOrangevale 45Fair Oaks: 53 mg/LFair Oaks 53Carmichael: 74 mg/LCarmichael 74Antelope: 90 mg/LAntelope 90Foothill Farms: 92 mg/LFoothill F. 92North Highlands: 98 mg/LNorth High. 9882 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Citrus Heights sits 39 mg/L below the typical California figure of 121. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 7 have softer water and 3 have harder. The range nearby runs from 11 mg/L in Rocklin to 98 in North Highlands.

What 82 mg/L means at home

You may see faint white spots on glasses and shower doors after the water dries.

Scale builds up slowly. A kettle or coffee maker needs descaling now and then, maybe every few months.

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

Optional. Plenty of households at this level live with it and descale the kettle now and then.

Water softener

Worth a look if spots on glass bother you, or if your tankless water heater manual asks for softer water.

Carbon filter

Improves taste and removes chlorine. It leaves calcium and magnesium in place.

Softener size for Citrus Heights

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 4.8 gpg = 1,082 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 22 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Citrus Heights's water system

Citrus Heights Water District · PWSID CA3410006

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 67,818 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
0
Open now
0

EPA lists Citrus Heights Water District as the system serving Citrus Heights. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Citrus Heights.

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 Citrus Heights water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 82 mg/L (4.8 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

What is the water hardness in Citrus Heights in grains per gallon?

About 4.8 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 82 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 4.8.

What size water softener do I need in Citrus Heights?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 4.8 gpg works out to about 1,082 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 22 days.

Has the Citrus Heights water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Citrus Heights Water District since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 515 cities in California

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, September 16, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.