North Lauderdale, 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

The water in North Lauderdale carries roughly 57 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 3.3 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Bcwws 1a, dated August 2025.

North Lauderdale 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 52Wilton Manors: 53 mg/LWilton Manors 53Tamarac: 57 mg/LTamarac 57Margate: 57 mg/LMargate 57North Lauderdale 57mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Lauderhill: 13 mg/LLauderhill 13Sunrise: 14 mg/LSunrise 14Coral Springs: 51 mg/LCoral Spri. 51Lauderdale Lakes: 52 mg/LLauderdale. 52Tamarac: 57 mg/LTamarac 57Margate: 57 mg/LMargate 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

North Lauderdale sits 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 Tamarac.

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 North Lauderdale's water system

North Lauderdale, City of · PWSID FL4060976

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 35,709 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
44
Open now
8

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

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 North Lauderdale 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 North Lauderdale 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 North Lauderdale water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for North Lauderdale, City of since 2016. There were also 44 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.