Margate, FL water hardness

Tap water hardness
57mg/L
3.3gpg
Soft

Reported by Bcwws 1a · August 2025

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

Tap water in Margate has about 57 mg/L of hardness, which is 3.3 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Bcwws 1a, dated August 2025.

Margate on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Lauderhill: 13 mg/LLauderhill 13Sunrise: 14 mg/LSunrise 14Pompano Beach: 44 mg/LPompano Beach 44Coconut Creek: 47 mg/LCoconut Creek 47Oakland Park: 50 mg/LOakland Park 50Coral Springs: 51 mg/LCoral Springs 51Lauderdale Lakes: 52 mg/LLauderdale Lakes 52Parkland: 54 mg/LParkland 54North Lauderdale: 57 mg/LNorth Lauderdale 57Tamarac: 57 mg/LTamarac 57Margate 57mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Pompano Beach: 44 mg/LPompano Be. 44Coconut Creek: 47 mg/LCoconut Cr. 47Coral Springs: 51 mg/LCoral Spri. 51Lauderdale Lakes: 52 mg/LLauderdale. 52North Lauderdale: 57 mg/LNorth Laud. 57Tamarac: 57 mg/LTamarac 5757 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 57 mg/L, Margate is 63 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has harder water. The range nearby runs from 13 mg/L in Lauderhill to 57 in North Lauderdale.

What 57 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 57 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 Margate's water system

City of Margate · PWSID FL4060845

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 62,254 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
39
Open now
2

EPA lists City of Margate as the system serving Margate. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Margate.

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 Margate water hard?

No. It measures about 57 mg/L (3.3 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 3.3 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 57 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 3.3.

Has the Margate water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for City of Margate since 2016. There were also 39 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, August 13, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.