Groves, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
27mg/L
1.6gpg
Soft

Reported by City of Port Arthur · June 2022

TX typical
112 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
3
Data
Utility report

The water in Groves carries roughly 27 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 1.6 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from City of Port Arthur, dated June 2022.

Groves on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Orange: 15 mg/LOrange 15Port Neches: 22 mg/LPort Neches 22Vidor: 22 mg/LVidor 22Nederland: 25 mg/LNederland 25Beaumont: 27 mg/LBeaumont 27Port Arthur: 29 mg/LPort Arthur 29Bridge City: 36 mg/LBridge City 36Liberty: 71 mg/LLiberty 71Silsbee: 81 mg/LSilsbee 81Lumberton: 97 mg/LLumberton 97Groves 27mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Orange: 15 mg/LOrange 15Port Neches: 22 mg/LPort Neches 22Vidor: 22 mg/LVidor 22Nederland: 25 mg/LNederland 25Port Arthur: 29 mg/LPort Arthur 29Bridge City: 36 mg/LBridge City 3627 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Groves sits 85 mg/L below the typical Texas figure of 112. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 4 have softer water and 5 have harder. The range nearby runs from 15 mg/L in Orange to 97 in Lumberton.

What 27 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 27 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 Groves's water system

City of Groves · PWSID TX1230012

3 health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 17,335 people from surface water.

Health-based
3
Monitoring or reporting
3
Open now
4

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

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Lead and Copper RuleSurface Water Treatment Rule'16'18'20'22'24'26Lead and Copper RuleSurface Water Treatment Rule
Each dot is one health-based violation, placed at the start of its compliance period.
Contaminant or ruleViolationsPeriodStatus
Lead and Copper Rulecorrosion control and lead sampling120241 open
Surface Water Treatment Rulefiltration and disinfection22021Resolved

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 Groves water hard?

No. It measures about 27 mg/L (1.6 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.6 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 27 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.6.

Has the Groves water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show 3 health-based violations for City of Groves since 2016, involving Lead and Copper Rule, Surface Water Treatment Rule. 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, June 30, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.