Briarcliff Manor, NY water hardness

Tap water hardness
30mg/L
1.8gpg
Soft

Reported by Briarcliff Manor Village · August 2025

NY typical
31 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Tap water in Briarcliff Manor has about 30 mg/L of hardness, which is 1.8 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Briarcliff Manor Village, dated August 2025.

Briarcliff Manor on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+NY typical 31Irvington: 6 mg/LIrvington 6Elmsford: 17 mg/LElmsford 17Tarrytown: 19 mg/LTarrytown 19White Plains: 21 mg/LWhite Plains 21Sleepy Hollow: 22 mg/LSleepy Hollow 22Pleasantville: 32 mg/LPleasantville 32Mount Kisco: 55 mg/LMount Kisco 55Ossining: 103 mg/LOssining 103New City: 106 mg/LNew City 106Croton-on-Hudson: 107 mg/LCroton-on-Hudson 107Briarcliff Manor 30mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+NY 31Elmsford: 17 mg/LElmsford 17Tarrytown: 19 mg/LTarrytown 19Sleepy Hollow: 22 mg/LSleepy Hol. 22Pleasantville: 32 mg/LPleasantvi. 32Ossining: 103 mg/LOssining 103Croton-on-Hudson: 107 mg/LCroton-on-. 10730 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 30 mg/L, Briarcliff Manor is close to the typical New York figure of 31 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 5 have softer water and 5 have harder. The range nearby runs from 6 mg/L in Irvington to 107 in Croton-on-Hudson.

What 30 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 30 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 Briarcliff Manor's water system

Briarcliff Manor Village · PWSID NY5903420

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 9,190 people from surface water.

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 Briarcliff Manor water hard?

No. It measures about 30 mg/L (1.8 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Briarcliff Manor in grains per gallon?

About 1.8 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 30 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.8.

Has the Briarcliff Manor water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Briarcliff Manor Village since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 149 cities in New York

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, August 26, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.