Daytona Beach, FL water hardness

Tap water hardness
24mg/L
1.4gpg
Soft

Reported by Daytona Beach, City of · October 2024

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

Daytona Beach water measures 24 mg/L (1.4 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Daytona Beach, City of, dated October 2024.

Daytona Beach on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Daytona Beach Shores: 24 mg/LDaytona Beach Shores 24Ormond Beach: 58 mg/LOrmond Beach 58Palm Coast: 68 mg/LPalm Coast 68New Smyrna Beach: 71 mg/LNew Smyrna Beach 71Heathrow: 124 mg/LHeathrow 124Deltona: 132 mg/LDeltona 132Sanford: 144 mg/LSanford 144Port Orange: 191 mg/LPort Orange 191DeLand: 191 mg/LDeLand 191Edgewater: 191 mg/LEdgewater 191Daytona Beach 24mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Daytona Beach Shores: 24 mg/LDaytona Be. 24Ormond Beach: 58 mg/LOrmond Bea. 58New Smyrna Beach: 71 mg/LNew Smyrna. 71Port Orange: 191 mg/LPort Orange 191DeLand: 191 mg/LDeLand 191Edgewater: 191 mg/LEdgewater 19124 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 24 mg/L, Daytona Beach is 96 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 24 mg/L in Daytona Beach Shores to 191 in Port Orange.

What 24 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 24 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 Daytona Beach's water system

Daytona Beach, City of · PWSID FL3640275

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 87,534 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
0
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 Daytona Beach water hard?

No. It measures about 24 mg/L (1.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Daytona Beach in grains per gallon?

About 1.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 24 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.4.

Has the Daytona Beach water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Daytona Beach, City of since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 214 cities in Florida

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, October 29, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.