Easton, PA water hardness

Tap water hardness
50mg/L
2.9gpg
Soft

Reported by Easton Area Water System · January 2025

PA typical
127 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Easton water measures 50 mg/L (2.9 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Easton Area Water System, dated January 2025.

Easton on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+PA typical 127Nazareth: 20 mg/LNazareth 20Wilson: 50 mg/LWilson 50Chestnut Hill: 50 mg/LChestnut Hill 50Northampton: 57 mg/LNorthampton 57Bethlehem: 63 mg/LBethlehem 63Hellertown: 63 mg/LHellertown 63Fullerton: 158 mg/LFullerton 158Emmaus: 191 mg/LEmmaus 191Dorneyville: 192 mg/LDorneyville 192Wescosville: 240 mg/LWescosville 240Easton 50mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+PA 127Nazareth: 20 mg/LNazareth 20Wilson: 50 mg/LWilson 50Chestnut Hill: 50 mg/LChestnut H. 50Northampton: 57 mg/LNorthampton 57Bethlehem: 63 mg/LBethlehem 63Hellertown: 63 mg/LHellertown 6350 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 50 mg/L, Easton is 77 mg/L below the typical Pennsylvania figure of 127. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 1 has softer water and 7 have harder. The range nearby runs from 20 mg/L in Nazareth to 240 in Wescosville.

What 50 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 50 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 Easton's water system

Easton Area Water System · PWSID PA3480050

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 96,867 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 Easton water hard?

No. It measures about 50 mg/L (2.9 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 2.9 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 50 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.9.

Has the Easton water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Easton Area Water System since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 172 cities in Pennsylvania

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