Treasure Lake, PA water hardness

Tap water hardness
26mg/L
1.5gpg
Soft

Reported by Aqua PA Inc Treasure Lake Div · March 2025

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

Treasure Lake water measures 26 mg/L (1.5 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Aqua PA Inc Treasure Lake Div, dated March 2025.

Treasure Lake on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+PA typical 127Greensburg: 57 mg/LGreensburg 57Plum: 66 mg/LPlum 66Jeannette: 66 mg/LJeannette 66Allison Park: 88 mg/LAllison Park 88Oakmont: 90 mg/LOakmont 90Monroeville: 96 mg/LMonroeville 96Fox Chapel: 102 mg/LFox Chapel 102Altoona: 133 mg/LAltoona 133Park Forest Village: 178 mg/LPark Forest Village 178State College: 178 mg/LState College 178Treasure Lake 26mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+PA 127Greensburg: 57 mg/LGreensburg 57Plum: 66 mg/LPlum 66Oakmont: 90 mg/LOakmont 90Altoona: 133 mg/LAltoona 133Park Forest Village: 178 mg/LPark Fores. 178State College: 178 mg/LState Coll. 17826 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Treasure Lake sits 101 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 57 mg/L in Greensburg to 178 in Park Forest Village.

What 26 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 26 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 Treasure Lake's water system

Aqua PA Inc Treasure Lake Div · PWSID PA6170048

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 4,155 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
2
Open now
0

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

No. It measures about 26 mg/L (1.5 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Treasure Lake in grains per gallon?

About 1.5 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 26 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.5.

Has the Treasure Lake water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Aqua PA Inc Treasure Lake Div since 2016. There were also 2 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, March 2, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.