Highland Village, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
26mg/L
1.5gpg
Soft

Reported by City of Highland Village · March 2024

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

Highland Village water measures 26 mg/L (1.5 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from City of Highland Village, dated March 2024.

Highland Village on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Lantana: 6 mg/LLantana 6The Colony: 11 mg/LThe Colony 11Trophy Club: 51 mg/LTrophy Club 51Denton: 61 mg/LDenton 61Oak Point: 77 mg/LOak Point 77Lewisville: 90 mg/LLewisville 90Flower Mound: 91 mg/LFlower Mound 91Hickory Creek: 93 mg/LHickory Creek 93Lake Dallas: 95 mg/LLake Dallas 95Coppell: 143 mg/LCoppell 143Highland Village 26mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Lantana: 6 mg/LLantana 6Oak Point: 77 mg/LOak Point 77Lewisville: 90 mg/LLewisville 90Flower Mound: 91 mg/LFlower Mou. 91Hickory Creek: 93 mg/LHickory Cr. 93Lake Dallas: 95 mg/LLake Dallas 9526 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Highland Village sits 86 mg/L below the typical Texas figure of 112. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 2 have softer water and 8 have harder. The range nearby runs from 6 mg/L in Lantana to 143 in Coppell.

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 Highland Village's water system

City of Highland Village · PWSID TX0610080

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 16,500 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
2
Open now
1

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 Highland Village 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 Highland Village 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 Highland Village water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for City of Highland Village since 2016. There were also 2 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, March 27, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.