Aquatell

South Carolina

The 11 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 1.0 to 3.4 grains per gallon, with a median of 2.0; 0% are hard or very hard.

How the 11 figures spread across the bands

  • Soft 0
  • Slightly hard 11
  • Moderately hard 0
  • Hard 0
  • Very hard 0
Hardness
2.0 gpg medianAverage 2.1 gpg (36 ppm), from 1.0 to 3.4. 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
11 places11 listings as published
Disinfectant
5 of 5use chloramine; 0 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.

11 places

On the scaleDisinfectantSourcesAsk Aqua
Charleston
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 3.4 gpg58 ppm, slightly hard Chloramine Disinfectant
North Charleston
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 3.4 gpg58 ppm, slightly hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Mount Pleasant
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 2.9 gpg49 ppm, slightly hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Columbia
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 2.1 gpg35 ppm, slightly hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Florence
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 2.0 gpg31 ppm, slightly hard –
Mrytle Beach
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 2.0 gpg38 ppm, slightly hard –
Spartanburg
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 2.0 gpg32 ppm, slightly hard –
Rock Hill
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.7 gpg28 ppm, slightly hard –
Summerville
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.3 gpg21 ppm, slightly hard –
Greenville
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.0 gpg21 ppm, slightly hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Sumter
No source linked
  • The page it came from links no primary source for this figure.
 1.0 gpg19 ppm, slightly hard –

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 South Carolina’s water

See them all