Water Hardness Map Texas
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Water hardness map texas. While some cities have moderately soft water like college station with 8 ppm and waco at 41 ppm most texas cities struggle with hard water issues. 4 click the arrow that is located at the top left corner of the map to zoom out. Measures of water hardness. Mean hardness as calcium carbonate at nasqan water monitoring sites during the 1975 water year.
Water hardness hard water build up comes from naturally occurring minerals such as calcium bicarbonate magnesium carbonate iron lime and others that are present in lakes and other water sources across north texas. 1 click on a state to zoom in. Contingent upon where a water test is performed this data will be accounted for in mg l milligrams per liter or gpg grains per gallon. This rating has been developed over time to the following categories.
Hard water is measured in parts per million ppm and how many particles of hardness are dissolved in the water per million particles gives a rating. Water hardness local comparison. Hardness map of the country. General guidelines for classification of waters are.
Water hardness scale chart. The following hard water map illustrates the varying zones of hardness across the usa. Bill payment water quality report meeting agendas and minutes. Hardness is caused by compounds of calcium and magnesium and by a variety of other metals.
Grains per gallon is the business standard approach for talking about water hardness. And more than 180 mg l as very hard. 0 to 60 mg l milligrams per liter as calcium carbonate is classified as soft. The treated water supplied by ntmwd is considered moderately hard primarily due to the minerals found in lavon lake.
In texas the water hardness average is over 200 ppm which ranks it as the state with the 6 th hardest water in the us. How to use the interactive water hardness map. How is hard water measured. Map edited by usepa 2005.
This is the measure of the amount of calcium and magnesium dissolved in your water. 123 0 mg l 7 12 gpg. Colors represent streamflow from the hydrologic unit area. 3 click on an area without a city to open a pop up box detailing the average state water hardness.
121 to 180 mg l as hard. 2 click on a city to open a pop up box detailing its water hardness. Sanitary sewer cleaning. 93 9 mg l 5 49 gpg.
61 to 120 mg l as moderately hard. Water is carried into lake mead from the mineral dense colorado river resulting in 16 gpg of hard water for homes in the las vegas area.