North St. Paul, MN water hardness

Tap water hardness
56mg/L
3.2gpg
Soft

Reported by North Saint Paul · April 2024

MN typical
160 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Tap water in North St. Paul has about 56 mg/L of hardness, which is 3.2 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from North Saint Paul, dated April 2024.

North St. Paul on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+MN typical 160Lino Lakes: 39 mg/LLino Lakes 39Maplewood: 56 mg/LMaplewood 56Roseville: 78 mg/LRoseville 78St. Paul: 82 mg/LSt. Paul 82Woodbury: 160 mg/LWoodbury 160Mahtomedi: 162 mg/LMahtomedi 162Shoreview: 192 mg/LShoreview 192New Brighton: 230 mg/LNew Brighton 230Lake Elmo: 249 mg/LLake Elmo 249St. Anthony: 254 mg/LSt. Anthony 254North St. Paul 56mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+MN 160Maplewood: 56 mg/LMaplewood 56Roseville: 78 mg/LRoseville 78St. Paul: 82 mg/LSt. Paul 82Mahtomedi: 162 mg/LMahtomedi 162Shoreview: 192 mg/LShoreview 192Lake Elmo: 249 mg/LLake Elmo 24956 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

North St. Paul sits 104 mg/L below the typical Minnesota figure of 160. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 1 has softer water and 8 have harder. The range nearby runs from 39 mg/L in Lino Lakes to 254 in St. Anthony.

What 56 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 56 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 North St. Paul's water system

North Saint Paul · PWSID MN1620011

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 13,134 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
0
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 North St. Paul water hard?

No. It measures about 56 mg/L (3.2 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in North St. Paul in grains per gallon?

About 3.2 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 56 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 3.2.

Has the North St. Paul water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for North Saint Paul since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 57 cities in Minnesota

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, April 30, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.