Fort Valley, GA water hardness

Tap water hardness
28mg/L
1.6gpg
Soft

Reported by Houston County-Feagin Mill · August 2025

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

The water in Fort Valley carries roughly 28 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 1.6 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Houston County-Feagin Mill, dated August 2025.

Fort Valley on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+GA typical 28Thomaston: 12 mg/LThomaston 12Jackson: 20 mg/LJackson 20Griffin: 22 mg/LGriffin 22Lovejoy: 27 mg/LLovejoy 27Byron: 28 mg/LByron 28Perry: 28 mg/LPerry 28Centerville: 28 mg/LCenterville 28Columbus: 28 mg/LColumbus 28McDonough: 28 mg/LMcDonough 28Warner Robins: 38 mg/LWarner Robins 38Fort Valley 28mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+GA 28Thomaston: 12 mg/LThomaston 12Jackson: 20 mg/LJackson 20Byron: 28 mg/LByron 28Perry: 28 mg/LPerry 28Centerville: 28 mg/LCenterville 28Warner Robins: 38 mg/LWarner Rob. 3828 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Fort Valley sits close to the typical Georgia figure of 28 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 4 have softer water and 1 has harder. The range nearby runs from 12 mg/L in Thomaston to 38 in Warner Robins.

What 28 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 28 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 Fort Valley's water system

Fort Valley Utility Commission · PWSID GA2250001

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 16,257 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
4
Open now
0

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

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 Fort Valley water hard?

No. It measures about 28 mg/L (1.6 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Fort Valley in grains per gallon?

About 1.6 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 28 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.6.

Has the Fort Valley water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Fort Valley Utility Commission since 2016. There were also 4 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 26, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.