Cuero, TX water hardness
Reported by City of Cuero · March 2023
- TX typical
- 112 mg/L
- EPA health violations since 2016
- 0
- Data
- Utility report
The water in Cuero carries roughly 26 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 1.5 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from City of Cuero, dated March 2023. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 11 to 84 mg/L.
Cuero sits 86 mg/L below the typical Texas figure of 112. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 1 has softer water and 9 have harder. The range nearby runs from 25 mg/L in Port Lavaca to 212 in San Marcos.
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 Cuero's water system
No health-based violations since 2016
Serves about 9,807 people from groundwater.
- Health-based
- 0
- Monitoring or reporting
- 1
- 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 Cuero 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 Cuero 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 Cuero water system had EPA violations?
EPA records show no health-based violations for City of Cuero since 2016. There were also 1 monitoring or reporting violation, which are about late or missing tests and notices.
Nearby cities
- Yoakum65 mg/LModerately hard
- Gonzales112 mg/LModerately hard
- Edna36 mg/LSoft
- Port Lavaca25 mg/LSoft
- Floresville28 mg/LSoft
- Seguin125 mg/LHard
- Beeville188 mg/LVery hard
- Cibolo85 mg/LModerately hard
- New Braunfels202 mg/LVery hard
- San Marcos212 mg/LVery hard
Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, March 13, 2023), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.