Yukon
The 15 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 1.9 to 25 grains per gallon, with a median of 11; 87% are hard or very hard.
How the 15 figures spread across the bands
- Soft 0
- Slightly hard 1
- Moderately hard 1
- Hard 4
- Very hard 9
- Hardness
- 11 gpg medianAverage 12 gpg (202 ppm), from 1.9 to 25. Each published figure counts once in the average, median and spread; a figure published as a range is shown as its range and isn't averaged.
- Coverage
- 23 places26 listings as published, on 5 named water systems or zones
- Disinfectant
- 0 of 20use chloramine; 20 use chlorine
- Fluoride
- 0 of 23add fluoride to their water
Every place we have
Sources are each city’s water quality report or its utility. Gather the listings up by place or by the water system that serves them, or see every listing as published; open a group to see what’s in it.
23 places
| On the scale | Disinfectant | Fluoride | Sources | Ask Aqua | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deep Creek |
25 gpg433 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 25 gpg (off the scale) |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Faro |
17 gpg288 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 17 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | HardnessDisinfectant | |
Ross River |
17 gpg284 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 17 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Tagish |
16 gpg274 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 16 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Mendenhall |
16 gpg272 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 16 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Old Crow |
11 gpg191 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 11 gpg |
– | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Upper Liard3 listings: 2 Mile; 2 Mile Liard First Nation system |
11 gpg191 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 11 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Upper Liard |
– | Chlorine | – | Disinfectant | ||
Upper Liard (2 Mile Liard First Nation system) |
– | – | Not fluoridated | |||
Upper Liard (2 Mile) |
11 gpg191 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 11 gpg |
– | – | Hardness | |
Watson Lake |
11 gpg183 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 11 gpg |
– | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Beaver Creek |
11 gpg181 ppm, very hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardVery hard 11 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | HardnessDisinfectant | |
Dawson City |
9.3 gpg159 ppm, hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardHard 9.3 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | HardnessDisinfectant | |
CarmacksOn LSCFN system |
9.0 gpg154 ppm, hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardHard 9.0 gpg |
– | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Whitehorse |
8.5 gpg146 ppm, hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardHard 8.5 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | HardnessDisinfectant | |
Burwash Landing |
7.6 gpg130 ppm, hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardHard 7.6 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Mayo |
6.3 gpg108 ppm, moderately hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardModerately hard 6.3 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Haines Junction |
1.9 gpg33 ppm, slightly hard | SoftSlightly hardModerately hardHardVery hardSlightly hard 1.9 gpg |
Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Hardness | |
Albert Creek2 listings: 2 Mile Liard First Nation system |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant | ||
Albert Creek |
– | Chlorine | – | Disinfectant | ||
Albert Creek (2 Mile Liard First Nation system) |
– | – | Not fluoridated | |||
Carcross |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant | ||
Klondike ValleyOn Rock Creek |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant | ||
Marsh Lake |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant | ||
Pelly Crossing |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant | ||
Takhini River Subdivision |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant | ||
Teslin |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant | ||
Two Mile VillageOn Liard First Nation |
– | Chlorine | Not fluoridated | Disinfectant |
Missing your city? Aquatell researches cities on request from the utility’s own reports, usually within a week. A note on a figure says what we found when we checked it: units that didn’t agree, another page with a different figure, a range.
What to do about it
Hard water
Above about 3.5 grains per gallon, scale builds in water heaters, fixtures and appliances. A softener sized for your hardness and household removes it for the whole house.
Chlorine or chloramine
Standard carbon removes chlorine’s taste and smell. Chloramine lasts longer in the pipes and needs catalytic carbon to remove it.
Fluoride
Reverse osmosis at the kitchen tap removes most fluoride; carbon filters don’t.
