Palmetto, GA water hardness

Tap water hardness
28mg/L
1.6gpg
Soft

Reported by Atlanta · October 2025

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

The water in Palmetto carries roughly 28 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 1.6 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Atlanta, dated October 2025.

Palmetto on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+GA typical 28Douglasville: 19 mg/LDouglasville 19Riverdale: 27 mg/LRiverdale 27Union City: 28 mg/LUnion City 28South Fulton: 28 mg/LSouth Fulton 28College Park: 28 mg/LCollege Park 28East Point: 28 mg/LEast Point 28Tyrone: 70 mg/LTyrone 70Peachtree City: 70 mg/LPeachtree City 70Fayetteville: 70 mg/LFayetteville 70Newnan: 94 mg/LNewnan 94Palmetto 28mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+GA 28Union City: 28 mg/LUnion City 28South Fulton: 28 mg/LSouth Fult. 28Tyrone: 70 mg/LTyrone 70Peachtree City: 70 mg/LPeachtree. 70Fayetteville: 70 mg/LFayettevil. 70Newnan: 94 mg/LNewnan 9428 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 28 mg/L, Palmetto is close to the typical Georgia figure of 28 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 2 have softer water and 4 have harder. The range nearby runs from 19 mg/L in Douglasville to 94 in Newnan.

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 Palmetto's water system

Palmetto · PWSID GA1210008

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 4,718 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
11
Open now
3

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

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 Palmetto 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 Palmetto 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 Palmetto water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Palmetto since 2016. There were also 11 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, October 7, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.