Sheridan, WY water hardness
Reported by Sheridan, City of · February 2025
- WY typical
- 191 mg/L
- EPA health violations since 2016
- 0
- Data
- Utility report
Sheridan water measures 27 mg/L (1.6 gpg) of hardness, soft by USGS standards. The number comes from Sheridan, City of, dated February 2025.
Sheridan sits 164 mg/L below the typical Wyoming figure of 191. None of the 5 nearest cities we track has softer water. The range nearby runs from 49 mg/L in Cheyenne to 926 in Gillette.
What 27 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 27 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 Sheridan's water system
No health-based violations since 2016
Serves about 22,700 people from surface water.
- Health-based
- 0
- Monitoring or reporting
- 1
- 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 Sheridan water hard?
No. It measures about 27 mg/L (1.6 grains per gallon), which the USGS classes as soft.
What is the water hardness in Sheridan in grains per gallon?
About 1.6 gpg. One grain per gallon equals 17.1 mg/L, so 27 mg/L divided by 17.1 gives 1.6.
Has the Sheridan water system had EPA violations?
EPA records show no health-based violations for Sheridan, City of since 2016. There were also 1 monitoring or reporting violation, which are about late or missing tests and notices.
Nearby cities
- Gillette926 mg/LVery hard
- Casper327 mg/LVery hard
- Jackson163 mg/LHard
- Rock Springs210 mg/LVery hard
- Cheyenne49 mg/LSoft
Hardness data: TapWaterData US Water Hardness (utility report, February 27, 2025), CC BY 4.0. Population: US Census Bureau. Violations: EPA ECHO. How we use them.