How hard is the water in Wappingers Falls, NY?

Tap water hardness
113mg/L
6.6gpg
Moderately hard

Reported by Wappingers Falls Village · October 2020

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

Tap water in Wappingers Falls has about 113 mg/L of hardness, which is 6.6 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as moderately hard. The number comes from Wappingers Falls Village, dated October 2020.

Wappingers Falls on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+NY typical 31Kingston: 19 mg/LKingston 19Briarcliff Manor: 30 mg/LBriarcliff Manor 30Mount Kisco: 55 mg/LMount Kisco 55Mahopac: 71 mg/LMahopac 71Poughkeepsie: 88 mg/LPoughkeepsie 88Beacon: 94 mg/LBeacon 94Peekskill: 100 mg/LPeekskill 100Ossining: 103 mg/LOssining 103New City: 106 mg/LNew City 106Croton-on-Hudson: 107 mg/LCroton-on-Hudson 107Wappingers Falls 113mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+NY 31Kingston: 19 mg/LKingston 19Mahopac: 71 mg/LMahopac 71Poughkeepsie: 88 mg/LPoughkeeps. 88Beacon: 94 mg/LBeacon 94Peekskill: 100 mg/LPeekskill 100Croton-on-Hudson: 107 mg/LCroton-on-. 107113 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 113 mg/L, Wappingers Falls is 82 mg/L above the typical New York figure of 31. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has harder water. The range nearby runs from 19 mg/L in Kingston to 107 in Croton-on-Hudson.

What 113 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 Wappingers Falls

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 6.6 gpg = 1,487 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 16 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Wappingers Falls's water system

Wappingers Falls Village · PWSID NY1302783

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 5,522 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
3
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 Wappingers Falls water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 113 mg/L (6.6 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

What is the water hardness in Wappingers Falls in grains per gallon?

About 6.6 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 113 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 6.6.

What size water softener do I need in Wappingers Falls?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 6.6 gpg works out to about 1,487 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 16 days.

Has the Wappingers Falls water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Wappingers Falls Village since 2016. There were also 3 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 149 cities in New York

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, October 21, 2020), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.