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Water hardness in Bedford

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

Utility-reported hardness

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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
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Active health records
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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.

Bedford City Utilities

IN5247001 · Surface water · 14,000 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
0.0015 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

10% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (23)
Imported violation history for Bedford City Utilities
RuleStatusPeriod
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Vinyl chlorideResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Jan 31, 2024

North Lawrence Water Authority

IN5247004 · Surface water · 11,625 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
0.0023 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

15% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for North Lawrence Water Authority
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJan 6, 2023 to Jan 26, 2023

East Lawrence Water Authority

IN5247002 · Surface water · 8,000 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
0.0012 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

8% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for East Lawrence Water Authority
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Aug 2, 2024

City summary

What the indexed records say

Bedford has 1 published ZIP profile across Lawrence County. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

0 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
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Profiles with evidence
0/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: unavailable to unavailable.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Bedford

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

47421

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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 Bedford

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.