Puyallup, WA water hardness

Tap water hardness
29mg/L
1.7gpg
SoftReports range 18–29

Reported by Tacoma Water Division City of · September 2025

WA typical
36 mg/L
EPA health violations since 2016
0
Data
Utility report

Tap water in Puyallup has about 29 mg/L of hardness, which is 1.7 grains per gallon. On the USGS scale that counts as soft. The number comes from Tacoma Water Division City of, dated September 2025. Reports for this system disagree, with values from 18 to 29 mg/L.

Puyallup on the hardness scale, with nearby cities
060120180240300360+WA typical 36Summit: 22 mg/LSummit 22Waller: 22 mg/LWaller 22South Hill: 22 mg/LSouth Hill 22Summit View: 22 mg/LSummit View 22Clover Creek: 22 mg/LClover Creek 22Midland: 22 mg/LMidland 22Bonney Lake: 30 mg/LBonney Lake 30Milton: 38 mg/LMilton 38Pacific: 39 mg/LPacific 39Lake Tapps: 95 mg/LLake Tapps 95Puyallup 29mg/L as calcium carbonate060120180240300360+WA 36Summit: 22 mg/LSummit 22Waller: 22 mg/LWaller 22South Hill: 22 mg/LSouth Hill 22Summit View: 22 mg/LSummit View 22Clover Creek: 22 mg/LClover Cre. 22Milton: 38 mg/LMilton 3829 mg/Lmg/L as calcium carbonate
Soft 0–60 mg/LModerately hard 61–120 mg/LHard 121–180 mg/LVery hard 181+ mg/L

Puyallup sits close to the typical Washington figure of 36 mg/L. Of the 10 nearest cities we track, 6 have softer water and 4 have harder. The range nearby runs from 22 mg/L in Summit to 95 in Lake Tapps.

What 29 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 29 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 Puyallup's water system

Puyallup City of · PWSID WA5370050

No health-based violations since 2016

Serves about 94,520 people from surface water.

Health-based
0
Monitoring or reporting
0
Open now
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EPA lists Puyallup City of as the system serving Puyallup. The hardness figure above comes from a different system's report, which TapWaterData uses for Puyallup.

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 Puyallup water hard?

No. It measures about 29 mg/L (1.7 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.

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

About 1.7 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 29 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.7.

Has the Puyallup water system had EPA violations?

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

Nearby cities

All 145 cities in Washington

Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, September 22, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.