Progress, PA water hardness

Tap water hardness
30mg/L
1.8gpg
Soft

Reported by Capital Region Water · July 2025

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

Tap water in Progress has about 30 mg/L of hardness, which is 1.8 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Capital Region Water, dated July 2025.

Progress on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+PA typical 127Harrisburg: 40 mg/LHarrisburg 40Middletown: 57 mg/LMiddletown 57Mount Joy: 93 mg/LMount Joy 93Mechanicsburg: 120 mg/LMechanicsburg 120New Cumberland: 128 mg/LNew Cumberland 128Enola: 128 mg/LEnola 128Lower Allen: 128 mg/LLower Allen 128Camp Hill: 128 mg/LCamp Hill 128Carlisle: 176 mg/LCarlisle 176Elizabethtown: 255 mg/LElizabethtown 255Progress 30mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+PA 127Harrisburg: 40 mg/LHarrisburg 40Middletown: 57 mg/LMiddletown 57New Cumberland: 128 mg/LNew Cumber. 128Enola: 128 mg/LEnola 128Lower Allen: 128 mg/LLower Allen 128Camp Hill: 128 mg/LCamp Hill 12830 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 30 mg/L, Progress is 97 mg/L below the typical Pennsylvania figure of 127. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 40 mg/L in Harrisburg to 255 in Elizabethtown.

What 30 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 30 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 Progress's water system

Capital Region Water · PWSID PA7220049

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 66,540 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
9
Open now
0

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

No. It measures about 30 mg/L (1.8 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.8 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 30 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.8.

Has the Progress water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Capital Region Water since 2016. There were also 9 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 172 cities in Pennsylvania

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, July 8, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.