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Texas water hardness

2 Texas systems with a hardness figure read from an official page on 2026-10-16. This is not a list of every utility in Texas; 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+

Austin, TX 93 mg/L 5.4 gpg Moderately hard
San Antonio, TX 299.3 mg/L 17.5 gpg Very hard

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

Texas 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.

Austin, TX — Austin Water 93 mg/L (5.4 gpg) Moderately hard Published range 70–126 mg/L. Austin Water 2025 Water Quality Report. Retrieved 2026-10-16.
San Antonio, TX — San Antonio Water System (SAWS) 299.3 mg/L (17.5 gpg) Very hard Published range 256.5–342 mg/L. SAWS Water Quality FAQs, 'What is hardness?'. Retrieved 2026-10-16.

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