Pompano Beach, FL water hardness

Tap water hardness
44mg/L
2.6gpg
Soft

Reported by Pompano Beach, City of · September 2025

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

The water in Pompano Beach carries roughly 44 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 2.6 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Pompano Beach, City of, dated September 2025.

Pompano Beach on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Lighthouse Point: 40 mg/LLighthouse Point 40Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: 40 mg/LLauderdale-by-the-Sea 40Coconut Creek: 47 mg/LCoconut Creek 47Oakland Park: 50 mg/LOakland Park 50Fort Lauderdale: 50 mg/LFort Lauderdale 50Deerfield Beach: 51 mg/LDeerfield Beach 51Lauderdale Lakes: 52 mg/LLauderdale Lakes 52Wilton Manors: 53 mg/LWilton Manors 53Margate: 57 mg/LMargate 57North Lauderdale: 57 mg/LNorth Lauderdale 57Pompano Beach 44mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Lighthouse Point: 40 mg/LLighthouse. 40Lauderdale-by-the-Sea: 40 mg/LLauderdale. 40Coconut Creek: 47 mg/LCoconut Cr. 47Oakland Park: 50 mg/LOakland Pa. 50Deerfield Beach: 51 mg/LDeerfield. 51Margate: 57 mg/LMargate 5744 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Pompano Beach sits 76 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 40 mg/L in Lighthouse Point to 57 in Margate.

What 44 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 44 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 Pompano Beach's water system

City of Pompano · PWSID FL4061129

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 99,400 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
35
Open now
1

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 Pompano Beach water hard?

No. It measures about 44 mg/L (2.6 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 2.6 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 44 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.6.

Has the Pompano Beach water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for City of Pompano since 2016. There were also 35 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, September 25, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.