How hard is the water in Lake Worth Beach, FL?

Tap water hardness
61mg/L
3.6gpg
Moderately hard

Reported by Palm Beach County Water Utilities · October 2025

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

The water in Lake Worth Beach carries roughly 61 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 3.6 grains per gallon. That is moderately hard water. The number comes from Palm Beach County Water Utilities, dated October 2025.

Lake Worth Beach on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Palm Springs: 61 mg/LPalm Springs 61Greenacres: 61 mg/LGreenacres 61Westgate: 61 mg/LWestgate 61Royal Palm Beach: 61 mg/LRoyal Palm Beach 61Wellington: 61 mg/LWellington 61Palm Beach: 62 mg/LPalm Beach 62West Palm Beach: 62 mg/LWest Palm Beach 62Delray Beach: 62 mg/LDelray Beach 62Lantana: 63 mg/LLantana 63Boynton Beach: 63 mg/LBoynton Beach 63Lake Worth Beach 61mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Palm Springs: 61 mg/LPalm Sprin. 61Greenacres: 61 mg/LGreenacres 61Westgate: 61 mg/LWestgate 61Palm Beach: 62 mg/LPalm Beach 62Lantana: 63 mg/LLantana 63Boynton Beach: 63 mg/LBoynton Be. 6361 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 61 mg/L, Lake Worth Beach is 59 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 61 mg/L in Palm Springs to 63 in Lantana.

What 61 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 Lake Worth Beach

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 3.6 gpg = 803 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 29 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Lake Worth Beach's water system

Lake Worth Beach Utilities · PWSID FL4500773

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 48,000 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
4
Open now
0

EPA lists Lake Worth Beach Utilities as the system serving Lake Worth Beach. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Lake Worth Beach.

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 Lake Worth Beach water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 61 mg/L (3.6 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

What is the water hardness in Lake Worth Beach in grains per gallon?

About 3.6 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 61 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 3.6.

What size water softener do I need in Lake Worth Beach?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 3.6 gpg works out to about 803 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 29 days.

Has the Lake Worth Beach water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Lake Worth Beach Utilities since 2016. There were also 4 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, October 6, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.