How hard is the water in Winter Garden, FL?

Tap water hardness
103mg/L
6.0gpg
Moderately hard

Reported by OCUD/Western Regional WTR Sys (5 WPS) · August 2025

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

Winter Garden water measures 103 mg/L (6.0 gpg) of hardness, moderately hard by USGS standards. The number comes from OCUD/Western Regional WTR Sys (5 WPS), dated August 2025.

Winter Garden on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+FL typical 120Clermont: 49 mg/LClermont 49Horizon West: 96 mg/LHorizon West 96Lake Butler: 99 mg/LLake Butler 99Ocoee: 99 mg/LOcoee 99Pine Hills: 99 mg/LPine Hills 99Lockhart: 99 mg/LLockhart 99Apopka: 112 mg/LApopka 112Orlovista: 120 mg/LOrlovista 120South Apopka: 152 mg/LSouth Apopka 152Forest City: 188 mg/LForest City 188Winter Garden 103mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+FL 120Clermont: 49 mg/LClermont 49Horizon West: 96 mg/LHorizon We. 96Lake Butler: 99 mg/LLake Butler 99Ocoee: 99 mg/LOcoee 99Pine Hills: 99 mg/LPine Hills 99Orlovista: 120 mg/LOrlovista 120103 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 103 mg/L, Winter Garden is 17 mg/L below the typical Florida figure of 120. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 6 have softer water and 4 have harder. The range nearby runs from 49 mg/L in Clermont to 188 in Forest City.

What 103 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 Winter Garden

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 6.0 gpg = 1,354 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 17 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Winter Garden's water system

Winter Garden Water Dept (3 WPS) · PWSID FL3481481

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 72,205 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
1
Open now
0

EPA lists Winter Garden Water Dept (3 WPS) as the system serving Winter Garden. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Winter Garden.

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 Winter Garden water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 103 mg/L (6.0 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

What is the water hardness in Winter Garden in grains per gallon?

About 6.0 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 103 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 6.0.

What size water softener do I need in Winter Garden?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 6.0 gpg works out to about 1,354 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 17 days.

Has the Winter Garden water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Winter Garden Water Dept (3 WPS) 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, August 25, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.