Aquatell

New York

The 34 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 0.2 to 9.9 grains per gallon, with a median of 3.8; 29% are hard or very hard.

How the 34 figures spread across the bands

  • Soft 3
  • Slightly hard 13
  • Moderately hard 8
  • Hard 10
  • Very hard 0
Hardness
3.8 gpg medianAverage 4.3 gpg (74 ppm), from 0.2 to 9.9. 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
34 places34 listings as published
Disinfectant
2 of 5use chloramine; 3 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.

34 places

On the scaleDisinfectantSourcesAsk Aqua
Port Washington
No source linked
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 9.9 gpg170 ppm, hard –
Schenectady
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 9.5 gpg161 ppm, hard –
Clay
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 9.0 gpg153 ppm, hard –
Ramapoo
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 9.0 gpg149 ppm, hard –
Grand Island
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 8.0 gpg137 ppm, hard –
Syracuse
No source linked
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 7.8 gpg133 ppm, hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Colonie
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 7.1 gpg120 ppm, hard –
Buffalo
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 7.0 gpg118 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Cheektowaga
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 7.0 gpg118 ppm, hard –
Niagara Falls
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 7.0 gpg119 ppm, hard –
Sands Point
 6.0 gpg103 ppm, moderately hard – Hardness
Yonkers
No source linked
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 6.0 gpg100 ppm, moderately hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Rochester
No source linked
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 5.9 gpg101 ppm, moderately hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Lancaster
 5.8 gpg99 ppm, moderately hard – Hardness
Hamburg
No source linked
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 5.3 gpg90 ppm, moderately hard –
Binghamton
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 4.0 gpg65 ppm, moderately hard –
New York City
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 4.0 gpg65 ppm, moderately hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Albany
No source linked
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 3.5 gpg59 ppm, moderately hard –
East Meadows
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 3.0 gpg50 ppm, slightly hard –
Lake Success
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 3.0 gpg50 ppm, slightly hard –
Oyster Bay
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 2.8 gpg46 ppm, slightly hard –
Troy
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 2.8 gpg47 ppm, slightly hard –
Smithtown
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 2.2 gpg36 ppm, slightly hard –
Brookhaven
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 2.0 gpg33 ppm, slightly hard –
Hempstead
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 2.0 gpg33 ppm, slightly hard –
New York
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 1.6 gpg27 ppm, slightly hard –
North Hempstead
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 1.2 gpg19 ppm, slightly hard –
Irondequoit
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 1.0 gpg25 ppm, slightly hard –
Lake Placid
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 1.0 gpg22 ppm, slightly hard –
Massapequa
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 1.0 gpg13 ppm, slightly hard –
Utica
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 1.0 gpg16 ppm, slightly hard –
Babylon
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 0.2 gpg3 ppm, soft –
Huntington
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 0.2 gpg3 ppm, soft –
Islip
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 0.2 gpg3 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.

Softeners for New York’s water

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