How hard is the water in Wellington, FL?

Tap water hardness
61mg/L
3.5gpg
Moderately hard

Reported by Palm Beach County Water Utilities · October 2025

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

Wellington water measures 61 mg/L (3.5 gpg) of hardness, moderately hard by USGS standards. The number comes from Palm Beach County Water Utilities, dated October 2025.

Wellington on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Royal Palm Beach: 61 mg/LRoyal Palm Beach 61Greenacres: 61 mg/LGreenacres 61The Acreage: 61 mg/LThe Acreage 61Palm Springs: 61 mg/LPalm Springs 61Westgate: 61 mg/LWestgate 61Lake Worth Beach: 61 mg/LLake Worth Beach 61West Palm Beach: 62 mg/LWest Palm Beach 62Palm Beach: 62 mg/LPalm Beach 62Lantana: 63 mg/LLantana 63Boynton Beach: 63 mg/LBoynton Beach 63Wellington 61mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Royal Palm Beach: 61 mg/LRoyal Palm. 61Greenacres: 61 mg/LGreenacres 61The Acreage: 61 mg/LThe Acreage 61Palm Springs: 61 mg/LPalm Sprin. 61Westgate: 61 mg/LWestgate 61West Palm Beach: 62 mg/LWest Palm. 6261 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Wellington sits 59 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 61 mg/L in Royal Palm Beach to 63 in Lantana.

What 61 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 Wellington

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 3.5 gpg = 797 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 30 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Wellington's water system

Wellington WTP · PWSID FL4500014

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 56,475 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
4
Open now
0

EPA lists Wellington WTP as the system serving Wellington. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Wellington.

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 Wellington water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 61 mg/L (3.5 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

What is the water hardness in Wellington in grains per gallon?

About 3.5 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 61 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 3.5.

What size water softener do I need in Wellington?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 3.5 gpg works out to about 797 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 30 days.

Has the Wellington water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Wellington WTP since 2016. There were also 4 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 6, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.