How hard is the water in Palm Beach Gardens, FL?

Tap water hardness
75mg/L
4.4gpg
Moderately hard

Reported by West Palm Beach WTP · August 2025

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

Tap water in Palm Beach Gardens has about 75 mg/L of hardness, which is 4.4 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as moderately hard. The number comes from West Palm Beach WTP, dated August 2025.

Palm Beach Gardens on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120The Acreage: 61 mg/LThe Acreage 61Royal Palm Beach: 61 mg/LRoyal Palm Beach 61Westgate: 61 mg/LWestgate 61Wellington: 61 mg/LWellington 61Palm Springs: 61 mg/LPalm Springs 61Greenacres: 61 mg/LGreenacres 61Lake Worth Beach: 61 mg/LLake Worth Beach 61West Palm Beach: 62 mg/LWest Palm Beach 62Palm Beach: 62 mg/LPalm Beach 62Jupiter: 93 mg/LJupiter 93Palm Beach Gardens 75mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120The Acreage: 61 mg/LThe Acreage 61Royal Palm Beach: 61 mg/LRoyal Palm. 61Westgate: 61 mg/LWestgate 61West Palm Beach: 62 mg/LWest Palm. 62Palm Beach: 62 mg/LPalm Beach 62Jupiter: 93 mg/LJupiter 9375 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Palm Beach Gardens sits 45 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 9 have softer water and 1 has harder. The range nearby runs from 61 mg/L in The Acreage to 93 in Jupiter.

What 75 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 Palm Beach Gardens

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 4.4 gpg = 986 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 24 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Palm Beach Gardens's water system

Seacoast Utilities Authority · PWSID FL4501124

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 97,552 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
53
Open now
0

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

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 Palm Beach Gardens water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 75 mg/L (4.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

What is the water hardness in Palm Beach Gardens in grains per gallon?

About 4.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 75 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 4.4.

What size water softener do I need in Palm Beach Gardens?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 4.4 gpg works out to about 986 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 24 days.

Has the Palm Beach Gardens water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Seacoast Utilities Authority since 2016. There were also 53 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 19, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.