Sanger, TX water hardness

Tap water hardness
12mg/L
0.7gpg
Soft

Reported by Bolivar WSC · June 2022

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

The water in Sanger carries roughly 12 mg/L of dissolved calcium and magnesium, or 0.7 grains per gallon. That is soft water. The number comes from Bolivar WSC, dated June 2022.

Sanger on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+TX typical 112Gainesville: 21 mg/LGainesville 21Aubrey: 28 mg/LAubrey 28Pilot Point: 30 mg/LPilot Point 30Providence Village: 30 mg/LProvidence Village 30Paloma Creek South: 30 mg/LPaloma Creek South 30Savannah: 30 mg/LSavannah 30Denton: 61 mg/LDenton 61Krum: 63 mg/LKrum 63Oak Point: 77 mg/LOak Point 77Little Elm: 77 mg/LLittle Elm 77Sanger 12mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+TX 112Gainesville: 21 mg/LGainesville 21Aubrey: 28 mg/LAubrey 28Pilot Point: 30 mg/LPilot Point 30Providence Village: 30 mg/LProvidence. 30Denton: 61 mg/LDenton 61Krum: 63 mg/LKrum 6312 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Sanger sits 100 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 21 mg/L in Gainesville to 77 in Oak Point.

What 12 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 12 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 Sanger's water system

Bolivar WSC · PWSID TX0610049

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 11,901 people from groundwater.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
16
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 Sanger water hard?

No. It measures about 12 mg/L (0.7 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 0.7 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 12 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 0.7.

Has the Sanger water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Bolivar WSC since 2016. There were also 16 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 28, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.