Mount Pleasant, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
23mg/L
1.4gpg
Soft

Reported by City of Mount Pleasant · June 2022

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

Mount Pleasant water measures 23 mg/L (1.4 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from City of Mount Pleasant, dated June 2022.

Mount Pleasant on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Mineola: 5 mg/LMineola 5Atlanta: 5 mg/LAtlanta 5Lindale: 7 mg/LLindale 7Gladewater: 9 mg/LGladewater 9Gilmer: 16 mg/LGilmer 16Kilgore: 18 mg/LKilgore 18White Oak: 25 mg/LWhite Oak 25Paris: 32 mg/LParis 32Sulphur Springs: 39 mg/LSulphur Springs 39Longview: 41 mg/LLongview 41Mount Pleasant 23mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Mineola: 5 mg/LMineola 5Gladewater: 9 mg/LGladewater 9Gilmer: 16 mg/LGilmer 16White Oak: 25 mg/LWhite Oak 25Sulphur Springs: 39 mg/LSulphur Sp. 39Longview: 41 mg/LLongview 4123 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 23 mg/L, Mount Pleasant is 89 mg/L below the typical Texas figure of 112. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 6 have softer water and 4 have harder. The range nearby runs from 5 mg/L in Mineola to 41 in Longview.

What 23 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 23 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 Mount Pleasant's water system

City of Mount Pleasant · PWSID TX2250001

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 16,238 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
6
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 Mount Pleasant water hard?

No. It measures about 23 mg/L (1.4 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Mount Pleasant in grains per gallon?

About 1.4 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 23 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.4.

Has the Mount Pleasant water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for City of Mount Pleasant since 2016. There were also 6 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 22, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.