Lake Monticello, VA water hardness

Tap water hardness
22mg/L
1.3gpg
SoftReports range 22–38

Reported by Lake Monticello · August 2024

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

Tap water in Lake Monticello has about 22 mg/L of hardness, which is 1.3 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Lake Monticello, dated August 2024. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 22 to 38 mg/L.

Lake Monticello on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+VA typical 65Charlottesville: 37 mg/LCharlottesville 37University of Virginia: 37 mg/LUniversity of Virginia 37Spotsylvania Courthouse: 39 mg/LSpotsylvania Courthouse 39Fishersville: 55 mg/LFishersville 55Stuarts Draft: 55 mg/LStuarts Draft 55Tuckahoe: 65 mg/LTuckahoe 65Harrisonburg: 80 mg/LHarrisonburg 80Waynesboro: 84 mg/LWaynesboro 84Culpeper: 110 mg/LCulpeper 110Staunton: 131 mg/LStaunton 131Lake Monticello 22mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+VA 65Charlottesville: 37 mg/LCharlottes. 37University of Virginia: 37 mg/LUniversity. 37Fishersville: 55 mg/LFishersvil. 55Stuarts Draft: 55 mg/LStuarts Dr. 55Waynesboro: 84 mg/LWaynesboro 84Culpeper: 110 mg/LCulpeper 11022 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Lake Monticello sits 43 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 37 mg/L in Charlottesville to 131 in Staunton.

What 22 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 22 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 Lake Monticello's water system

Lake Monticello · PWSID VA2065480

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 12,943 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 Lake Monticello water hard?

No. It measures about 22 mg/L (1.3 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

What is the water hardness in Lake Monticello in grains per gallon?

About 1.3 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 22 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.3.

Has the Lake Monticello water system had EPA violations?

EPA records show no health-based violations for Lake Monticello since 2016.

Nearby cities

All 79 cities in Virginia

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, August 13, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.