How hard is the water in Medina, OH?

Tap water hardness
88mg/L
5.2gpg
Moderately hard

Reported by Medina City PWS · May 2025

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

Tap water in Medina has about 88 mg/L of hardness, which is 5.2 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as moderately hard. The number comes from Medina City PWS, dated May 2025.

Medina on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+OH typical 113Oberlin: 50 mg/LOberlin 50Cuyahoga Falls: 116 mg/LCuyahoga Falls 116Akron: 116 mg/LAkron 116Portage Lakes: 116 mg/LPortage Lakes 116North Olmsted: 210 mg/LNorth Olmsted 210Barberton: 220 mg/LBarberton 220North Ridgeville: 220 mg/LNorth Ridgeville 220Elyria: 220 mg/LElyria 220Brunswick: 247 mg/LBrunswick 247Wadsworth: 247 mg/LWadsworth 247Medina 88mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+OH 113Cuyahoga Falls: 116 mg/LCuyahoga F. 116Akron: 116 mg/LAkron 116Barberton: 220 mg/LBarberton 220North Ridgeville: 220 mg/LNorth Ridg. 220Brunswick: 247 mg/LBrunswick 247Wadsworth: 247 mg/LWadsworth 24788 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 88 mg/L, Medina is 25 mg/L below the typical Ohio figure of 113. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 1 has softer water and 9 have harder. The range nearby runs from 50 mg/L in Oberlin to 247 in Brunswick.

What 88 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 Medina

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 5.2 gpg = 1,166 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 20 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Medina's water system

Medina City PWS · PWSID OH5200514

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 25,956 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 Medina water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 88 mg/L (5.2 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

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

About 5.2 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 88 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 5.2.

What size water softener do I need in Medina?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 5.2 gpg works out to about 1,166 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 20 days.

Has the Medina water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Medina City PWS since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 108 cities in Ohio

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