Piqua, OH water hardness
Reported by Country Meadows Condo. · December 2022
- OH typical
- 113 mg/L
- EPA health violations since 2016
- 0
- Data
- Utility report
The water in Piqua carries roughly 49 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 2.9 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Country Meadows Condo., dated December 2022. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 4 to 49 mg/L.
Piqua sits 64 mg/L below the typical Ohio figure of 113. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 147 mg/L in Trotwood to 342 in Sidney.
What 49 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 49 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 Piqua's water system
No health-based violations since 2016
Serves about 65 people from groundwater.
- Health-based
- 0
- Monitoring or reporting
- 4
- Open now
- 4
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 Piqua water hard?
No. It measures about 49 mg/L (2.9 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.
What is the water hardness in Piqua in grains per gallon?
About 2.9 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 49 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.9.
Has the Piqua water system had EPA violations?
EPA records show no health-based violations for Country Meadows Condo. since 2016. There were also 4 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.
Nearby cities
- Troy328 mg/LVery hard
- Sidney342 mg/LVery hard
- Vandalia155 mg/LHard
- Clayton155 mg/LHard
- Englewood155 mg/LHard
- Huber Heights155 mg/LHard
- Shiloh155 mg/LHard
- Trotwood147 mg/LHard
- Dayton147 mg/LHard
- Riverside149 mg/LHard
Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, December 8, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.