Austell, GA water hardness

Tap water hardness
40mg/L
2.4gpg
Soft

Reported by Cobb County · September 2025

GA typical
28 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

The water in Austell carries roughly 40 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 2.4 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Cobb County, dated September 2025.

Austell on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+GA typical 28Douglasville: 19 mg/LDouglasville 19Atlanta: 24 mg/LAtlanta 24South Fulton: 28 mg/LSouth Fulton 28East Point: 28 mg/LEast Point 28Mableton: 40 mg/LMableton 40Smyrna: 40 mg/LSmyrna 40Fair Oaks: 40 mg/LFair Oaks 40Vinings: 40 mg/LVinings 40Marietta: 40 mg/LMarietta 40Kennesaw: 40 mg/LKennesaw 40Austell 40mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+GA 28Douglasville: 19 mg/LDouglasvil. 19Mableton: 40 mg/LMableton 40Smyrna: 40 mg/LSmyrna 40Fair Oaks: 40 mg/LFair Oaks 40Vinings: 40 mg/LVinings 40Marietta: 40 mg/LMarietta 4040 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 40 mg/L, Austell is 12 mg/L above the typical Georgia figure of 28. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has harder water. The range nearby runs from 19 mg/L in Douglasville to 40 in Mableton.

What 40 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 40 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 Austell's water system

Austell · PWSID GA0670001

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 7,774 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
1
Open now
0

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

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 Austell water hard?

No. It measures about 40 mg/L (2.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 2.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 40 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.4.

Has the Austell water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Austell since 2016. There were also 1 monitoring or reporting violation, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 85 cities in Georgia

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.