Hayesville, OR water hardness

Tap water hardness
16mg/L
0.9gpg
Soft

Reported by Salem Public Works · August 2025

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

Hayesville water measures 16 mg/L (0.9 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Salem Public Works, dated August 2025.

Hayesville on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+OR typical 24Four Corners: 16 mg/LFour Corners 16Salem: 16 mg/LSalem 16Bull Mountain: 22 mg/LBull Mountain 22Wilsonville: 24 mg/LWilsonville 24Albany: 25 mg/LAlbany 25Newberg: 54 mg/LNewberg 54Sherwood: 77 mg/LSherwood 77Tualatin: 77 mg/LTualatin 77Woodburn: 84 mg/LWoodburn 84Keizer: 95 mg/LKeizer 95Hayesville 16mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+OR 24Four Corners: 16 mg/LFour Corne. 16Salem: 16 mg/LSalem 16Wilsonville: 24 mg/LWilsonville 24Newberg: 54 mg/LNewberg 54Woodburn: 84 mg/LWoodburn 84Keizer: 95 mg/LKeizer 9516 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Hayesville sits close to the typical Oregon figure of 24 mg/L. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 16 mg/L in Four Corners to 95 in Keizer.

What 16 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 16 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 Hayesville's water system

Salem Public Works · PWSID OR4100731

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 199,820 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
1
Open now
0

TapWaterData ties Hayesville to this system. EPA's service-area records do not name Hayesville, 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 Hayesville water hard?

No. It measures about 16 mg/L (0.9 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.9 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 16 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.9.

Has the Hayesville water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Salem Public Works since 2016. There were also 1 monitoring or reporting violation, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 53 cities in Oregon

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, August 25, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.