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Massachusetts water hardness

1 Massachusetts system with a hardness figure read from an official page on 2026-10-16. This is not a list of every utility in Massachusetts; it is the list of those whose published figure has been verified here.

Soft Soft 0–60

Moderately hard Moderate 61–120

Hard Hard 121–180

Very hard Very hard 181+

Boston, MA 16 mg/L 1 gpg Soft

mg/L as calcium carbonate. Each classification band is drawn the same width, so the axis is not linear in mg/L.

Massachusetts systems on the USGS classification. Each row links to that system's published figure, report year and conversion. Grains per gallon are the utility's own figure where it published one, and our conversion at 17.1 mg/L per grain where it did not.

Boston, MA — Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) 16 mg/L (0.9 gpg) Soft MWRA, Frequently Asked Questions About MWRA Tap Water, 'Is MWRA Drinking Water Hard or Soft?'. Retrieved 2026-10-16.

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