Bedford, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
8mg/L
0.5gpg
SoftReports range 8–58

Reported by City of Euless · August 2025

TX typical
112 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Bedford water measures 8 mg/L (0.5 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from City of Euless, dated August 2025. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 8 to 58 mg/L.

Bedford on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Hurst: 35 mg/LHurst 35Trophy Club: 51 mg/LTrophy Club 51Grapevine: 53 mg/LGrapevine 53Colleyville: 61 mg/LColleyville 61Irving: 81 mg/LIrving 81Arlington: 91 mg/LArlington 91North Richland Hills: 109 mg/LNorth Richland Hills 109Haltom City: 109 mg/LHaltom City 109Keller: 124 mg/LKeller 124Coppell: 143 mg/LCoppell 143Bedford 8mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Hurst: 35 mg/LHurst 35Grapevine: 53 mg/LGrapevine 53Colleyville: 61 mg/LColleyville 61North Richland Hills: 109 mg/LNorth Rich. 109Haltom City: 109 mg/LHaltom City 109Keller: 124 mg/LKeller 1248 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 8 mg/L, Bedford is 104 mg/L below the typical Texas figure of 112. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 35 mg/L in Hurst to 143 in Coppell.

What 8 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 8 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 Bedford's water system

City of Bedford · PWSID TX2200003

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 49,941 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
0
Open now
0

EPA lists City of Bedford as the system serving Bedford. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Bedford.

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 Bedford water hard?

No. It measures about 8 mg/L (0.5 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.5 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 8 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.5.

Has the Bedford water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for City of Bedford since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 342 cities in Texas

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, August 19, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.