Giddings, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
20mg/L
1.2gpg
SoftReports range 4–32

Reported by Lee County WSC · February 2023

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

The water in Giddings carries roughly 20 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 1.2 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Lee County WSC, dated February 2023. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 4 to 32 mg/L.

Giddings on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Camp Swift: 55 mg/LCamp Swift 55Wyldwood: 55 mg/LWyldwood 55Elgin: 63 mg/LElgin 63Bastrop: 75 mg/LBastrop 75Rockdale: 77 mg/LRockdale 77Brenham: 91 mg/LBrenham 91Manor: 92 mg/LManor 92Taylor: 160 mg/LTaylor 160Hornsby Bend: 165 mg/LHornsby Bend 165Pflugerville: 178 mg/LPflugerville 178Giddings 20mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Camp Swift: 55 mg/LCamp Swift 55Wyldwood: 55 mg/LWyldwood 55Elgin: 63 mg/LElgin 63Bastrop: 75 mg/LBastrop 75Rockdale: 77 mg/LRockdale 77Brenham: 91 mg/LBrenham 9120 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Giddings sits 92 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 55 mg/L in Camp Swift to 178 in Pflugerville.

What 20 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 20 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 Giddings's water system

Lee County WSC · PWSID TX1440005

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 14,670 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
3
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 Giddings water hard?

No. It measures about 20 mg/L (1.2 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.2 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 20 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.2.

Has the Giddings water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Lee County WSC since 2016. There were also 3 monitoring or reporting violations, which are about late or missing tests and notices.

Nearby cities

All 342 cities in Texas

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, February 15, 2023), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.