Aquatell

Maine

The 8 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 0.0 to 1.0 grains per gallon, with a median of 0.8; 0% are hard or very hard.

How the 8 figures spread across the bands

  • Soft 4
  • Slightly hard 4
  • Moderately hard 0
  • Hard 0
  • Very hard 0
Hardness
0.8 gpg medianAverage 0.7 gpg (12 ppm), from 0.0 to 1.0. 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
8 places8 listings as published
Disinfectant
3 of 4use chloramine; 1 use chlorine

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.

8 places

On the scaleDisinfectantSourcesAsk Aqua
Auburn
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.0 gpg17 ppm, slightly hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Augusta
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.0 gpg11 ppm, slightly hard –
Lewiston
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.0 gpg17 ppm, slightly hard Chloramine Disinfectant
New England
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.0 gpg14 ppm, slightly hard –
Portland
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 0.6 gpg10 ppm, soft Chloramine Disinfectant
South Portland
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 0.6 gpg10 ppm, soft –
Bangor
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 0.0 gpg6 ppm, soft Chloramine Disinfectant
Saco
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 0.0 gpg9 ppm, soft –

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.

Water softenersSizing a softener

Chlorine or chloramine

Standard carbon removes chlorine’s taste and smell. Chloramine lasts longer in the pipes and needs catalytic carbon to remove it.

Carbon and chloramine filters

Not sure what you need?

Aqua knows these figures and Aquatell’s treatment charts, and can size a system for your home.

Filters for Maine’s water

See them all