How hard is the water in Winter Springs, FL?

Tap water hardness

105mg/L

6.2gpg

Moderately hard

Reported by Winter Springs, City of (3 WPS) · October 2025

FL typical: 120 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016: 8
Softener for 3 people: 24k grain
Data: Utility report

Tap water in Winter Springs has about 105 mg/L of hardness, which is 6.2 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as moderately hard. The number comes from Winter Springs, City of (3 WPS), dated October 2025.

Winter Springs on the hardness scale, with nearby cities

Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Winter Springs sits 15 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 94 mg/L in Fern Park to 144 in Sanford.

What 105 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 Springs

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 6.2 gpg = 1,384 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 17 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Winter Springs's water system

Winter Springs, City of (3 WPS) · PWSID FL3590879

8 health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 34,657 people from groundwater.

Health-based: 8
Monitoring or reporting: 2
Open now: 0

Each dot is one health-based violation, placed at the start of its compliance period.

Contaminant or rule	Violations	Period	Status
Total trihalomethanes (TTHM)a disinfection byproduct	8	2016–2017	Resolved

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 Springs water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 105 mg/L (6.2 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

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

About 6.2 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 105 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 6.2.

What size water softener do I need in Winter Springs?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 6.2 gpg works out to about 1,384 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 17 days.

Has the Winter Springs water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show 8 health-based violations for Winter Springs, City of (3 WPS) since 2016, involving Total trihalomethanes (TTHM). There were also 2 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 21, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.