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Texas

The 67 hardness figures we’ve verified run from 0.5 to 29 grains per gallon, with a median of 8.6; 75% are hard or very hard.

How the 67 figures spread across the bands

  • Soft 2
  • Slightly hard 5
  • Moderately hard 10
  • Hard 29
  • Very hard 21
Hardness
8.6 gpg medianAverage 9.4 gpg (161 ppm), from 0.5 to 29. 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
69 places69 listings as published
Disinfectant
10 of 12use chloramine; 2 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.

69 places

On the scaleDisinfectantSourcesAsk Aqua
Midland
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 29 gpg500 ppm, very hard –
Odessa
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 21 gpg360 ppm, very hard –
San Antonio
2 notes
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 21 gpg357 ppm, very hard Chloramine Disinfectant
San Angelo
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 17 gpg288 ppm, very hard –
Abilene
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 17 gpg284 ppm, very hard –
Kyle
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 17 gpg285 ppm, very hard –
New Braunfels
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 16 gpg267 ppm, very hard –
San Marcos
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 15 gpg260 ppm, very hard –
Laredo
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 15 gpg260 ppm, very hard –
Amarillo
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 14 gpg248 ppm, very hard –
McAllen
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 14 gpg243 ppm, very hard –
Corpus Christ
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 13 gpg227 ppm, very hard –
Victoria
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 13 gpg226 ppm, very hard –
Rusk
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 13 gpg224 ppm, very hard –
Galveston
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 12 gpg200 ppm, very hard –
Texas City
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 12 gpg200 ppm, very hard –
Lubbock
Another page differs
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 11 gpg192 ppm, very hard Chlorine HardnessDisinfectant
Parker
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 11 gpg188 ppm, very hard –
Round Rock
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 11 gpg187 ppm, very hard –
Brownsville
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 11 gpg186 ppm, very hard –
Cedar Park
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 11 gpg181 ppm, very hard –
Leander
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 10 gpg175 ppm, hard –
Lago Vista
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 10 gpg175 ppm, hard –
Killeen
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 10 gpg168 ppm, hard –
Princeton
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 10 gpg171 ppm, hard –
Willis
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 9.7 gpg155 ppm, hard –
Garland
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 9.5 gpg162 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Horseshoe Bay
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 9.5 gpg163 ppm, hard –
Temple
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 8.8 gpg149 ppm, hard –
Allen
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard –
Frisco
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard –
Little Elm
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard –
Mesquite
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard –
Plano
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Richardson
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard –
Rowlett
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard –
Wylie
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 8.6 gpg147 ppm, hard –
Burleson
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 8.2 gpg140 ppm, hard –
Fort Worth
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 8.2 gpg140 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Keller
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 8.2 gpg140 ppm, hard –
Conroe
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 8.0 gpg135 ppm, hard –
Houston
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 7.9 gpg135 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Irving
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 7.9 gpg135 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Montgomery
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 7.9 gpg135 ppm, hard –
North Richland Hills
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 7.9 gpg135 ppm, hard –
Grand Prairie
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 7.8 gpg132 ppm, hard –
Sugar Land
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 7.1 gpg122 ppm, hard –
El Paso
2 notes
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  • Another Aquatell page gives chlorine; this table's figure is kept.
 7.0 gpg119 ppm, hard Chloramine Disinfectant
McKinney
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 7.0 gpg120 ppm, hard –
Pflugerville
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 7.0 gpg118 ppm, hard –
Richmond
 6.9 gpg118 ppm, moderately hard – Hardness
Lewisville
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 6.8 gpg115 ppm, moderately hard –
Grapevine
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 6.6 gpg112 ppm, moderately hard –
Bedford
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 6.3 gpg107 ppm, moderately hard –
Mansfield
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 5.9 gpg100 ppm, moderately hard –
Arlington
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  • Another Aquatell page gives chlorine; this table's figure is kept.
 5.3 gpg89 ppm, moderately hard Chloramine Disinfectant
Georgetown
 5.3 gpg90 ppm, moderately hard – Hardness
Liberty Hill
 5.3 gpg90 ppm, moderately hard – Hardness
Austin
2 notes
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 5.0 gpg85 ppm, moderately hard Chlorine Disinfectant
Longview
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 3.5 gpg60 ppm, moderately hard –
Euless
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 3.4 gpg58 ppm, slightly hard –
Tyler
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 3.0 gpg46 ppm, slightly hard –
Witchita Falls
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 3.0 gpg50 ppm, slightly hard –
Beaumont
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 2.0 gpg31 ppm, slightly hard –
Waco
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 2.0 gpg41 ppm, slightly hard –
Bryan
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 0.5 gpg8 ppm, soft –
College Station
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 0.5 gpg8 ppm, soft –
Corpus Christi
 – Chloramine Disinfectant
Dallas
 – Chloramine 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.

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Chlorine or chloramine

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