Fredericksburg, VA water hardness

Tap water hardness
25mg/L
1.5gpg
SoftReports range 25–119

Reported by Fredericksburg, City of · August 2025

VA typical
65 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Fredericksburg water measures 25 mg/L (1.5 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Fredericksburg, City of, dated August 2025. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 25 to 119 mg/L.

Fredericksburg on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+VA typical 65Aquia Harbour: 28 mg/LAquia Harbour 28Spotsylvania Courthouse: 39 mg/LSpotsylvania Courthouse 39Manassas: 74 mg/LManassas 74Dale City: 78 mg/LDale City 78Potomac Mills: 78 mg/LPotomac Mills 78Woodbridge: 82 mg/LWoodbridge 82Buckhall: 82 mg/LBuckhall 82Manassas Park: 82 mg/LManassas Park 82Culpeper: 110 mg/LCulpeper 110New Baltimore: 152 mg/LNew Baltimore 152Fredericksburg 25mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+VA 65Aquia Harbour: 28 mg/LAquia Harb. 28Spotsylvania Courthouse: 39 mg/LSpotsylvan. 39Dale City: 78 mg/LDale City 78Potomac Mills: 78 mg/LPotomac Mi. 78Woodbridge: 82 mg/LWoodbridge 82Buckhall: 82 mg/LBuckhall 8225 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 25 mg/L, Fredericksburg is 40 mg/L below the typical Virginia figure of 65. None of the 10 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 28 mg/L in Aquia Harbour to 152 in New Baltimore.

What 25 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 25 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 Fredericksburg's water system

Fredericksburg, City of · PWSID VA6630050

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 28,350 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
0
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 Fredericksburg water hard?

No. It measures about 25 mg/L (1.5 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.5 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 25 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.5.

Has the Fredericksburg water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Fredericksburg, City of since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 79 cities in Virginia

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, August 20, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.