Cartersville, GA water hardness

Tap water hardness
31mg/L
1.8gpg
Soft

Reported by Bartow County · August 2025

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

Tap water in Cartersville has about 31 mg/L of hardness, which is 1.8 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Bartow County, dated August 2025.

Cartersville on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+GA typical 28Canton: 23 mg/LCanton 23Woodstock: 26 mg/LWoodstock 26Acworth: 40 mg/LAcworth 40Kennesaw: 40 mg/LKennesaw 40Marietta: 40 mg/LMarietta 40Fair Oaks: 40 mg/LFair Oaks 40Austell: 40 mg/LAustell 40Smyrna: 40 mg/LSmyrna 40Calhoun: 59 mg/LCalhoun 59Rome: 104 mg/LRome 104Cartersville 31mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+GA 28Canton: 23 mg/LCanton 23Woodstock: 26 mg/LWoodstock 26Acworth: 40 mg/LAcworth 40Kennesaw: 40 mg/LKennesaw 40Marietta: 40 mg/LMarietta 40Fair Oaks: 40 mg/LFair Oaks 4031 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 31 mg/L, Cartersville is close to the typical Georgia figure of 28 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 2 have softer water and 8 have harder. The range nearby runs from 23 mg/L in Canton to 104 in Rome.

What 31 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 31 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 Cartersville's water system

Bartow County · PWSID GA0150001

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 70,243 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
2
Open now
0

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 Cartersville water hard?

No. It measures about 31 mg/L (1.8 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.8 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 31 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.8.

Has the Cartersville water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Bartow County since 2016. There were also 2 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 85 cities in Georgia

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.