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Water hardness in San Jose

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in San Jose, California.

Utility-reported hardness

Not yet available

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State comparison
13 PPM below
Evidence comparison rank
#10 of 13
Matched utilities
4
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.

San Jose Water

CA4310011 · Surface water · 1,039,920 people served system-wide

A municipal system, in-state city, and served county all agree with this Census 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 (1)
Imported violation history for San Jose Water
RuleStatusPeriod
Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-basedResolvedJun 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023

City Of San Jose - Evg/edv/coy

CA4310020 · Surface water · 101,265 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, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

City Of San Jose - Nsj/alviso

CA4310019 · Surface water · 45,559 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, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Cwsc King City

CA2710009 · Groundwater · 16,334 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 (2)

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, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level
Reported level
1.35 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

104% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1993 to Dec 31, 1993

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

City summary

What the indexed records say

San Jose has 31 published ZIP profiles across Santa Clara County. The regional-evidence median is 202 PPM. Its comparison-eligible median is 202 PPM versus 215 PPM statewide.

Among the 13 Californiacities meeting the comparison standard, San Jose ranks #10from highest to lowest. Across all 678 state ZIP profiles, available estimates run from 65.8to 539.5 PPM.

The 178.5–261.5 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard4 ZIPs
Very hard27 ZIPs

31 of 31 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
2.8 miles
Profiles with evidence
31/31

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 31Low: 0

Observation window: Apr 17, 2017 to Mar 22, 2023.

ZIP directory

Water reports in San Jose

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ZIP code

95002

Very Hard

261.5 PPM

Nearest site
6.2 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95013

Very Hard

188.5 PPM

Nearest site
4.6 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95037

Very Hard

188.5 PPM

Nearest site
4.9 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95110

Very Hard

219.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.3 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95111

Very Hard

188.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.2 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95112

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.8 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95113

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.1 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95116

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
3.6 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95117

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
2 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95118

Hard

178.5 PPM

Nearest site
3.4 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95119

Very Hard

188.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.6 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95120

Very Hard

188.5 PPM

Nearest site
4.8 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95121

Very Hard

197 PPM

Nearest site
2.9 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95122

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
3.1 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95123

Very Hard

197 PPM

Nearest site
2.5 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95124

Hard

180 PPM

Nearest site
2.6 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95125

Very Hard

197 PPM

Nearest site
0.9 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95126

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.4 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95127

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
6.3 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95128

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
1.5 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95129

Very Hard

206 PPM

Nearest site
2.5 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95130

Very Hard

201.5 PPM

Nearest site
1.7 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95131

Very Hard

261.5 PPM

Nearest site
0.6 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95132

Very Hard

261.5 PPM

Nearest site
3.2 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95133

Very Hard

219.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.7 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95134

Very Hard

261.5 PPM

Nearest site
3.8 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95135

Very Hard

188.5 PPM

Nearest site
10.2 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95136

Very Hard

188.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.8 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95138

Hard

178.5 PPM

Nearest site
2.9 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95139

Hard

180 PPM

Nearest site
3.2 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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ZIP code

95148

Very Hard

206 PPM

Nearest site
4.8 mi
Confidence
Moderate

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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 San Jose

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.