How hard is the water in Gardnerville Ranchos, NV?

Tap water hardness
97mg/L
5.7gpg
Moderately hard

Reported by Gardnerville Ranchos Gid · March 2025

NV typical
232 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Softener for 3 people
24k grain
Data
Utility report

Gardnerville Ranchos water measures 97 mg/L (5.7 gpg) of hardness, moderately hard by USGS standards. The number comes from Gardnerville Ranchos Gid, dated March 2025.

Gardnerville Ranchos on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+NV typical 232Incline Village: 10 mg/LIncline Village 10Silver Springs: 48 mg/LSilver Springs 48Indian Hills: 87 mg/LIndian Hills 87Reno: 102 mg/LReno 102Sparks: 102 mg/LSparks 102Sun Valley: 102 mg/LSun Valley 102Spanish Springs: 102 mg/LSpanish Springs 102Carson City: 120 mg/LCarson City 120Gardnerville: 174 mg/LGardnerville 174Dayton: 234 mg/LDayton 234Gardnerville Ranchos 97mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+NV 232Incline Village: 10 mg/LIncline Vi. 10Silver Springs: 48 mg/LSilver Spr. 48Indian Hills: 87 mg/LIndian Hil. 87Carson City: 120 mg/LCarson City 120Gardnerville: 174 mg/LGardnervil. 174Dayton: 234 mg/LDayton 23497 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Gardnerville Ranchos sits 135 mg/L below the typical Nevada figure of 232. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 3 have softer water and 7 have harder. The range nearby runs from 10 mg/L in Incline Village to 234 in Dayton.

What 97 mg/L means at home

You may see faint white spots on glasses and shower doors after the water dries.

Scale builds up slowly. A kettle or coffee maker needs descaling now and then, maybe every few months.

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

Optional. Plenty of households at this level live with it and descale the kettle now and then.

Water softener

Worth a look if spots on glass bother you, or if your tankless water heater manual asks for softer water.

Carbon filter

Improves taste and removes chlorine. It leaves calcium and magnesium in place.

Softener size for Gardnerville Ranchos

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 5.7 gpg = 1,276 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 18 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Gardnerville Ranchos's water system

Gardnerville Ranchos Gid · PWSID NV0000066

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 11,300 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
5
Open now
1

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 Gardnerville Ranchos water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 97 mg/L (5.7 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

What is the water hardness in Gardnerville Ranchos in grains per gallon?

About 5.7 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 97 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 5.7.

What size water softener do I need in Gardnerville Ranchos?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 5.7 gpg works out to about 1,276 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 18 days.

Has the Gardnerville Ranchos water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Gardnerville Ranchos Gid since 2016. There were also 5 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 19 cities in Nevada

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, March 24, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.