Cooper City, FL water hardness

Tap water hardness
14mg/L
0.8gpg
Soft

Reported by Cooper City · September 2025

FL typical
120 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

The water in Cooper City carries roughly 14 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 0.8 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Cooper City, dated September 2025.

Cooper City on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Plantation: 13 mg/LPlantation 13Broadview Park: 13 mg/LBroadview Park 13Davie: 14 mg/LDavie 14Weston: 16 mg/LWeston 16Miramar: 20 mg/LMiramar 20Country Club: 28 mg/LCountry Club 28Pembroke Pines: 50 mg/LPembroke Pines 50Dania Beach: 51 mg/LDania Beach 51Hollywood: 51 mg/LHollywood 51Miami Gardens: 212 mg/LMiami Gardens 212Cooper City 14mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Plantation: 13 mg/LPlantation 13Broadview Park: 13 mg/LBroadview. 13Davie: 14 mg/LDavie 14Miramar: 20 mg/LMiramar 20Pembroke Pines: 50 mg/LPembroke P. 50Miami Gardens: 212 mg/LMiami Gard. 21214 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 14 mg/L, Cooper City is 106 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 2 have softer water and 7 have harder. The range nearby runs from 13 mg/L in Plantation to 212 in Miami Gardens.

What 14 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 14 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 Cooper City's water system

Cooper City · PWSID FL4060282

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 33,752 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
15
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 Cooper City water hard?

No. It measures about 14 mg/L (0.8 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Cooper City in grains per gallon?

About 0.8 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 14 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.8.

Has the Cooper City water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Cooper City since 2016. There were also 15 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 214 cities in Florida

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, September 29, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.