Lacy-Lakeview, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
7mg/L
0.4gpg
Soft

Reported by Pure WSC · June 2022

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

The water in Lacy-Lakeview carries roughly 7 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 0.4 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Pure WSC, dated June 2022.

Lacy-Lakeview on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112McGregor: 12 mg/LMcGregor 12Hillsboro: 24 mg/LHillsboro 24Robinson: 31 mg/LRobinson 31Corsicana: 86 mg/LCorsicana 86Woodway: 103 mg/LWoodway 103Waco: 105 mg/LWaco 105Gatesville: 112 mg/LGatesville 112Temple: 125 mg/LTemple 125Belton: 133 mg/LBelton 133Harker Heights: 285 mg/LHarker Heights 285Lacy-Lakeview 7mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112McGregor: 12 mg/LMcGregor 12Hillsboro: 24 mg/LHillsboro 24Robinson: 31 mg/LRobinson 31Woodway: 103 mg/LWoodway 103Waco: 105 mg/LWaco 105Gatesville: 112 mg/LGatesville 1127 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 7 mg/L, Lacy-Lakeview is 105 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 12 mg/L in McGregor to 285 in Harker Heights.

What 7 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 7 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 Lacy-Lakeview's water system

City of Lacy Lakeview · PWSID TX1550033

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 7,275 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
14
Open now
0

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

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 Lacy-Lakeview water hard?

No. It measures about 7 mg/L (0.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Lacy-Lakeview in grains per gallon?

About 0.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 7 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.4.

Has the Lacy-Lakeview water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for City of Lacy Lakeview since 2016. There were also 14 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 24, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.