Georgetown, DE water hardness

Tap water hardness
11mg/L
0.6gpg
Soft

Reported by Willow Lake Pump District · March 2021

DE typical
87 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Georgetown water measures 11 mg/L (0.6 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Willow Lake Pump District, dated March 2021.

Georgetown on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+DE typical 87Smyrna: 31 mg/LSmyrna 31Dover: 40 mg/LDover 40Middletown: 52 mg/LMiddletown 52New Castle: 87 mg/LNew Castle 87Brookside: 87 mg/LBrookside 87Wilmington Manor: 87 mg/LWilmington Manor 87Wilmington: 87 mg/LWilmington 87Glasgow: 90 mg/LGlasgow 90Bear: 94 mg/LBear 94Newark: 94 mg/LNewark 94Georgetown 11mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+DE 87Smyrna: 31 mg/LSmyrna 31Dover: 40 mg/LDover 40Middletown: 52 mg/LMiddletown 52New Castle: 87 mg/LNew Castle 87Glasgow: 90 mg/LGlasgow 90Bear: 94 mg/LBear 9411 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Georgetown sits 76 mg/L below the typical Delaware figure of 87. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 31 mg/L in Smyrna to 94 in Bear.

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 Georgetown's water system

Georgetown Water Department · PWSID DE0000592

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 7,259 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
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Open now
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EPA lists this system as serving Georgetown.

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 Georgetown water hard?

No. It measures about 11 mg/L (0.6 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.6 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 11 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.6.

Has the Georgetown water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Georgetown Water Department since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 17 cities in Delaware

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, March 25, 2021), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.