Washington utilities with very hard water.
Above 180 mg/L (10.5 grains per gallon). 196 utilities serving 151,884 people as they report it, largest first.
101 to 196 of 196, by people served
Source: Washington State Department of Health, Office of Drinking Water, 1,479 utilities, results from Jan. 7, 2020 to Sept. 22, 2026, read Oct. 10, 2026. Each sampling point is taken at its median; a figure is typical where every point falls in one band.
Also: 2 utilities’ own water quality reports, read by hand, each named on the utility’s page.
Bands are the U.S. Geological Survey’s, at 17.1 mg/L to the grain. People served is what each utility reports; where one sells water to another, the same people can be counted twice. How hardness is measured here.
Where to go next
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