Westerly, RI water hardness

Tap water hardness
41mg/L
2.4gpg
Soft

Reported by Westerly Water Department · August 2025

RI typical
42 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Tap water in Westerly has about 41 mg/L of hardness, which is 2.4 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Westerly Water Department, dated August 2025.

Westerly on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+RI typical 42Tiverton: 7 mg/LTiverton 7Cranston: 23 mg/LCranston 23Central Falls: 23 mg/LCentral Falls 23Newport: 42 mg/LNewport 42Newport East: 42 mg/LNewport East 42Warwick: 42 mg/LWarwick 42Providence: 42 mg/LProvidence 42Kingston: 44 mg/LKingston 44Wakefield-Peace Dale: 44 mg/LWakefield-Peace Dale 44East Providence: 50 mg/LEast Providence 50Westerly 41mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+RI 42Cranston: 23 mg/LCranston 23Newport: 42 mg/LNewport 42Newport East: 42 mg/LNewport Ea. 42Warwick: 42 mg/LWarwick 42Kingston: 44 mg/LKingston 44Wakefield-Peace Dale: 44 mg/LWakefield-. 4441 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 41 mg/L, Westerly is close to the typical Rhode Island figure of 42 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 3 have softer water and 7 have harder. The range nearby runs from 7 mg/L in Tiverton to 50 in East Providence.

What 41 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 41 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 Westerly's water system

Westerly Water Department · PWSID RI1559512

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 35,298 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
55
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 Westerly water hard?

No. It measures about 41 mg/L (2.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 2.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 41 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 2.4.

Has the Westerly water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Westerly Water Department since 2016. There were also 55 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 12 cities in Rhode Island

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, August 10, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.