Beaverton, OR water hardness

Tap water hardness
35mg/L
2.0gpg
Soft

Reported by Tualatin Valley Water District · September 2025

OR typical
24 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Beaverton water measures 35 mg/L (2.0 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Tualatin Valley Water District, dated September 2025.

Beaverton on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+OR typical 24West Haven-Sylvan: 21 mg/LWest Haven-Sylvan 21Tigard: 22 mg/LTigard 22Aloha: 23 mg/LAloha 23Garden Home-Whitford: 23 mg/LGarden Home-Whitford 23Cedar Mill: 23 mg/LCedar Mill 23Cedar Hills: 35 mg/LCedar Hills 35West Slope: 35 mg/LWest Slope 35Marlene Village: 35 mg/LMarlene Village 35Raleigh Hills: 35 mg/LRaleigh Hills 35Oak Hills: 35 mg/LOak Hills 35Beaverton 35mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+OR 24Aloha: 23 mg/LAloha 23Garden Home-Whitford: 23 mg/LGarden Hom. 23Cedar Hills: 35 mg/LCedar Hills 35West Slope: 35 mg/LWest Slope 35Marlene Village: 35 mg/LMarlene Vi. 35Raleigh Hills: 35 mg/LRaleigh Hi. 3535 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 35 mg/L, Beaverton is 11 mg/L above the typical Oregon figure of 24. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has harder water. The range nearby runs from 21 mg/L in West Haven-Sylvan to 35 in Cedar Hills.

What 35 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 35 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 Beaverton's water system

Tualatin Valley Water District · PWSID OR4100665

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 224,600 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 Beaverton water hard?

No. It measures about 35 mg/L (2.0 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 2.0 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 35 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.0.

Has the Beaverton water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Tualatin Valley Water District since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 53 cities in Oregon

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, September 2, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.