Stuarts Draft, VA water hardness
Reported by South River Sanitary District · July 2024
- VA typical
- 65 mg/L
- EPA health violations since 2016
- 0
- Data
- Utility report
Stuarts Draft water measures 55 mg/L (3.2 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from South River Sanitary District, dated July 2024. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 55 to 80 mg/L.
At 55 mg/L, Stuarts Draft is close to the typical Virginia figure of 65 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 5 have softer water and 4 have harder. The range nearby runs from 19 mg/L in Madison Heights to 175 in Bridgewater.
What 55 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 55 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 Stuarts Draft's water system
No health-based violations since 2016
Serves about 26,083 people from surface water.
- Health-based
- 0
- Monitoring or reporting
- 0
- Open now
- 0
TapWaterData ties Stuarts Draft to this system. EPA's service-area records do not name Stuarts Draft, so check the utility printed on your water bill.
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 Stuarts Draft water hard?
No. It measures about 55 mg/L (3.2 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.
What is the water hardness in Stuarts Draft in grains per gallon?
About 3.2 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 55 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 3.2.
Has the Stuarts Draft water system had EPA violations?
EPA records show no health-based violations for South River Sanitary District since 2016.
Nearby cities
- Fishersville55 mg/LSoft
- Waynesboro84 mg/LModerately hard
- Staunton131 mg/LHard
- Bridgewater175 mg/LHard
- Buena Vista46 mg/LSoft
- University of Virginia37 mg/LSoft
- Charlottesville37 mg/LSoft
- Harrisonburg80 mg/LModerately hard
- Lake Monticello22 mg/LSoft
- Madison Heights19 mg/LSoft
Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, July 1, 2024), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.