Ormond Beach, FL water hardness

Tap water hardness
58mg/L
3.4gpg
Soft

Reported by Ormond Beach · May 2025

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

Tap water in Ormond Beach has about 58 mg/L of hardness, which is 3.4 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Ormond Beach, dated May 2025.

Ormond Beach on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Daytona Beach: 24 mg/LDaytona Beach 24Daytona Beach Shores: 24 mg/LDaytona Beach Shores 24Palm 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 191Ormond Beach 58mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Daytona Beach: 24 mg/LDaytona Be. 24Daytona Beach Shores: 24 mg/LDaytona Be. 24Palm Coast: 68 mg/LPalm Coast 68New Smyrna Beach: 71 mg/LNew Smyrna. 71Port Orange: 191 mg/LPort Orange 191DeLand: 191 mg/LDeLand 19158 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 58 mg/L, Ormond Beach is 62 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 2 have softer water and 8 have harder. The range nearby runs from 24 mg/L in Daytona Beach to 191 in Port Orange.

What 58 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 58 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 Ormond Beach's water system

Ormond Beach · PWSID FL3640963

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 59,744 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
1
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 Ormond Beach water hard?

No. It measures about 58 mg/L (3.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 3.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 58 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 3.4.

Has the Ormond Beach water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Ormond Beach since 2016. There were also 1 monitoring or reporting violation, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 214 cities in Florida

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, May 20, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.