How hard is the water in Lumberton, TX?

Tap water hardness
97mg/L
5.7gpg
Moderately hardReports range 97–114

Reported by Enchanted Forest · June 2022

TX typical
112 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Softener for 3 people
24k grain
Data
Utility report

Lumberton water measures 97 mg/L (5.7 gpg) of hardness, moderately hard by USGS standards. The number comes from Enchanted Forest, dated June 2022. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 97 to 114 mg/L.

Lumberton on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Orange: 15 mg/LOrange 15Vidor: 22 mg/LVidor 22Port Neches: 22 mg/LPort Neches 22Nederland: 25 mg/LNederland 25Beaumont: 27 mg/LBeaumont 27Groves: 27 mg/LGroves 27Port Arthur: 29 mg/LPort Arthur 29Bridge City: 36 mg/LBridge City 36Liberty: 71 mg/LLiberty 71Silsbee: 81 mg/LSilsbee 81Lumberton 97mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Vidor: 22 mg/LVidor 22Port Neches: 22 mg/LPort Neches 22Nederland: 25 mg/LNederland 25Beaumont: 27 mg/LBeaumont 27Bridge City: 36 mg/LBridge City 36Silsbee: 81 mg/LSilsbee 8197 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 97 mg/L, Lumberton is 15 mg/L below the typical Texas figure of 112. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has harder water. The range nearby runs from 15 mg/L in Orange to 81 in Silsbee.

What 97 mg/L means at home

You may see faint white spots on glasses and shower doors after the water dries.

Scale builds up slowly. A kettle or coffee maker needs descaling now and then, maybe every few months.

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

Optional. Plenty of households at this level live with it and descale the kettle now and then.

Water softener

Worth a look if spots on glass bother you, or if your tankless water heater manual asks for softer water.

Carbon filter

Improves taste and removes chlorine. It leaves calcium and magnesium in place.

Softener size for Lumberton

3 people × 75 gallons a day × 5.7 gpg = 1,278 grains a day. A 24,000-grain unit regenerates about every 18 days.

Size it for your household

EPA record for Lumberton's water system

Lumberton MUD · PWSID TX1000035

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 31,428 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
1
Open now
0

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

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 Lumberton water hard?

Somewhat. It measures about 97 mg/L (5.7 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as moderately hard.

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

About 5.7 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 97 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 5.7.

What size water softener do I need in Lumberton?

For 3 people using 75 gallons each per day, 5.7 gpg works out to about 1,278 grains a day. A 24,000-grain softener covers that with a regeneration about every 18 days.

Has the Lumberton water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Lumberton MUD since 2016. There were also 1 monitoring or reporting violation, 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 13, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.