Oakland Park, FL water hardness

Tap water hardness
50mg/L
2.9gpg
Soft

Reported by Fort Lauderdale, City of · October 2025

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

Oakland Park water measures 50 mg/L (2.9 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Fort Lauderdale, City of, dated October 2025.

Oakland Park on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Lauderhill: 13 mg/LLauderhill 13Broadview Park: 13 mg/LBroadview Park 13Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: 40 mg/LLauderdale-by-the-Sea 40Pompano Beach: 44 mg/LPompano Beach 44Fort Lauderdale: 50 mg/LFort Lauderdale 50Lauderdale Lakes: 52 mg/LLauderdale Lakes 52Wilton Manors: 53 mg/LWilton Manors 53North Lauderdale: 57 mg/LNorth Lauderdale 57Margate: 57 mg/LMargate 57Tamarac: 57 mg/LTamarac 57Oakland Park 50mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Lauderhill: 13 mg/LLauderhill 13Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: 40 mg/LLauderdale. 40Pompano Beach: 44 mg/LPompano Be. 44Fort Lauderdale: 50 mg/LFort Laude. 50Lauderdale Lakes: 52 mg/LLauderdale. 52Wilton Manors: 53 mg/LWilton Man. 5350 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Oakland Park sits 70 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 4 have softer water and 5 have harder. The range nearby runs from 13 mg/L in Lauderhill to 57 in North Lauderdale.

What 50 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 50 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 Oakland Park's water system

Oakland Park City of · PWSID FL4060989

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 38,905 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
49
Open now
8

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

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 Oakland Park water hard?

No. It measures about 50 mg/L (2.9 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Oakland Park in grains per gallon?

About 2.9 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 50 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.9.

Has the Oakland Park water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Oakland Park City of since 2016. There were also 49 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 1, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.