Orange, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
15mg/L
0.9gpg
Soft

Reported by City of Orange · June 2022

TX typical
112 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
1
Data
Utility report

The water in Orange carries roughly 15 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 0.9 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from utility water quality data dated June 2022.

Orange on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Jasper: 18 mg/LJasper 18Vidor: 22 mg/LVidor 22Port Neches: 22 mg/LPort Neches 22Nederland: 25 mg/LNederland 25Groves: 27 mg/LGroves 27Beaumont: 27 mg/LBeaumont 27Port Arthur: 29 mg/LPort Arthur 29Bridge City: 36 mg/LBridge City 36Silsbee: 81 mg/LSilsbee 81Lumberton: 97 mg/LLumberton 97Orange 15mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Vidor: 22 mg/LVidor 22Port Neches: 22 mg/LPort Neches 22Nederland: 25 mg/LNederland 25Groves: 27 mg/LGroves 27Port Arthur: 29 mg/LPort Arthur 29Bridge City: 36 mg/LBridge City 3615 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 15 mg/L, Orange is 97 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 18 mg/L in Jasper to 97 in Lumberton.

What 15 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 15 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 Orange's water system

City of Orange · PWSID TX1810004

1 health-based violation since 2016

Serves about 19,300 people from groundwater.

Health-based
1
Monitoring or reporting
19
Open now
1

EPA lists this system as serving Orange.

20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026Lead and Copper Rule'16'18'20'22'24'26Lead and Copper 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 sampling12024Resolved

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 Orange water hard?

No. It measures about 15 mg/L (0.9 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.9 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 15 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.9.

Has the Orange water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show 1 health-based violation for City of Orange since 2016, involving Lead and Copper Rule. There were also 19 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 27, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.