Winslow, ME water hardness

Tap water hardness
28mg/L
1.7gpg
Soft

Reported by Kennebec Water District · October 2023

ME typical
16 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

The water in Winslow carries roughly 28 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 1.7 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Kennebec Water District, dated October 2023.

Winslow on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+ME typical 16Bangor: 6 mg/LBangor 6Brewer: 6 mg/LBrewer 6Bath: 9 mg/LBath 9Brunswick: 14 mg/LBrunswick 14Lewiston: 16 mg/LLewiston 16Topsham: 39 mg/LTopsham 39Auburn: 89 mg/LAuburn 89Gardiner: 96 mg/LGardiner 96Waterville: 102 mg/LWaterville 102Augusta: 136 mg/LAugusta 136Winslow 28mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+ME 16Bangor: 6 mg/LBangor 6Bath: 9 mg/LBath 9Lewiston: 16 mg/LLewiston 16Gardiner: 96 mg/LGardiner 96Waterville: 102 mg/LWaterville 102Augusta: 136 mg/LAugusta 13628 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Winslow sits 12 mg/L above the typical Maine figure of 16. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 5 have softer water and 5 have harder. The range nearby runs from 6 mg/L in Bangor to 136 in Augusta.

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 Winslow's water system

Kennebec Water District · PWSID ME0090750

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 22,060 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
6
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 Winslow water hard?

No. It measures about 28 mg/L (1.7 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.7 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 28 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.7.

Has the Winslow water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Kennebec Water District since 2016. There were also 6 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 23 cities in Maine

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, October 1, 2023), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.