City water profile

Water hardness in Alachua

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

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 2
Active health records: 1

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.

Alachua Wtp

FL2010017 · Groundwater · 8,220 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: 0.014 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

93% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (1)

Imported violation history for Alachua Wtp
Rule	Status	Period
E. COLI	Unaddressed	Nov 1, 2020

Santa Fe Hills Subdivision

FL2011006 · Groundwater · 200 people served system-wide

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

1 reported active health-based record(s) for this system

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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: 0.0014 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

9% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (7)

Imported violation history for Santa Fe Hills Subdivision
Rule	Status	Period
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS	Unaddressed	Feb 1, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-based	Unaddressed	Feb 1, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2023 to Apr 21, 2022
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Lead and Copper Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Feb 3, 2022
TTHM	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Alachua has 2 published ZIP profiles across Alachua County. The regional-evidence median is 174 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 173.5–173.5 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

Hard2 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

2 of 2 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: 14.3 miles
Profiles with evidence: 2/2

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 2Low: 0

Observation window: Jan 12, 2026 to Jan 15, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Alachua

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

32615

Hard

173.5 PPM

Nearest site: 14.3 mi
Confidence: Moderate

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ZIP code

32616

Hard

173.5 PPM

Nearest site: 11.7 mi
Confidence: Moderate

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

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

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Questions people ask

About water in Alachua

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.