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Water hardness in Avondale

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Avondale, Arizona.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
9 PPM above
Evidence comparison rank
#2 of 7
Matched utilities
1
Active health records
0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Avondale City Of

AZ0407088 · Surface water · 96,130 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (1)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level
Reported level
0 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (4)
Imported violation history for Avondale City Of
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeResolvedMay 18, 2025 to Jun 18, 2025
ChlorineResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2024
ChlorineResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedAug 1, 2022 to Sep 12, 2022

City summary

What the indexed records say

Avondale has 3 published ZIP profiles across Maricopa County. The regional-evidence median is 64 PPM. Its comparison-eligible median is 64 PPM versus 55 PPM statewide.

Among the 7 Arizonacities meeting the comparison standard, Avondale ranks #2from highest to lowest. Across all 285 state ZIP profiles, available estimates run from 54to 481 PPM.

The 64–64 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard3 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

3 of 3 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
3.5 miles
Profiles with evidence
3/3

Confidence labels

High: 3Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Nov 29, 2018 to Dec 18, 2024.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Avondale

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ZIP code

85323

Moderately Hard

64 PPM

Nearest site
2.8 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

85329

Moderately Hard

64 PPM

Nearest site
3.5 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

85392

Moderately Hard

64 PPM

Nearest site
4.9 mi
Confidence
High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Avondale

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.