Garden Home-Whitford, OR water hardness

Tap water hardness
23mg/L
1.3gpg
Soft

Reported by Tualatin Valley Water District · September 2025

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

Tap water in Garden Home-Whitford has about 23 mg/L of hardness, which is 1.3 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Tualatin Valley Water District, dated September 2025.

Garden Home-Whitford on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+OR typical 24West Haven-Sylvan: 21 mg/LWest Haven-Sylvan 21Tigard: 22 mg/LTigard 22Bull Mountain: 22 mg/LBull Mountain 22Cedar Mill: 23 mg/LCedar Mill 23Lake Oswego: 26 mg/LLake Oswego 26Raleigh Hills: 35 mg/LRaleigh Hills 35West Slope: 35 mg/LWest Slope 35Beaverton: 35 mg/LBeaverton 35Cedar Hills: 35 mg/LCedar Hills 35Marlene Village: 35 mg/LMarlene Village 35Garden Home-Whitford 23mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+OR 24West Haven-Sylvan: 21 mg/LWest Haven. 21Tigard: 22 mg/LTigard 22Raleigh Hills: 35 mg/LRaleigh Hi. 35West Slope: 35 mg/LWest Slope 35Beaverton: 35 mg/LBeaverton 35Cedar Hills: 35 mg/LCedar Hills 3523 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Garden Home-Whitford sits close to the typical Oregon figure of 24 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 3 have softer water and 6 have harder. The range nearby runs from 21 mg/L in West Haven-Sylvan to 35 in Raleigh Hills.

What 23 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 23 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 Garden Home-Whitford'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
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Monitoring or reporting
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Open now
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TapWaterData ties Garden Home-Whitford to this system. EPA's service-area records do not name Garden Home-Whitford, so check the utility printed on your water bill.

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 Garden Home-Whitford water hard?

No. It measures about 23 mg/L (1.3 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Garden Home-Whitford in grains per gallon?

About 1.3 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 23 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.3.

Has the Garden Home-Whitford 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.