Oakwood, GA water hardness

Tap water hardness
15mg/L
0.9gpg
Soft

Reported by Gainesville · December 2024

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

The water in Oakwood carries roughly 15 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 0.9 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Gainesville, dated December 2024.

Oakwood on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+GA typical 28Gainesville: 15 mg/LGainesville 15Tucker: 18 mg/LTucker 18Stone Mountain: 18 mg/LStone Mountain 18Cumming: 20 mg/LCumming 20Milton: 20 mg/LMilton 20Hoschton: 21 mg/LHoschton 21Lawrenceville: 21 mg/LLawrenceville 21Winder: 31 mg/LWinder 31Alpharetta: 31 mg/LAlpharetta 31Braselton: 40 mg/LBraselton 40Oakwood 15mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+GA 28Gainesville: 15 mg/LGainesville 15Cumming: 20 mg/LCumming 20Hoschton: 21 mg/LHoschton 21Lawrenceville: 21 mg/LLawrencevi. 21Winder: 31 mg/LWinder 31Braselton: 40 mg/LBraselton 4015 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Oakwood sits 13 mg/L below the typical Georgia figure of 28. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 15 mg/L in Gainesville to 40 in Braselton.

What 15 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 15 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 Oakwood's water system

Gainesville · PWSID GA1390001

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 140,000 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
1
Open now
0

TapWaterData ties Oakwood to this system. EPA's service-area records do not name Oakwood, so check the utility printed on your water bill.

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 Oakwood water hard?

No. It measures about 15 mg/L (0.9 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.9 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 15 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.9.

Has the Oakwood water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Gainesville 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, December 5, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.