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Water hardness in Great Barrington

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Great Barrington, Massachusetts.

Utility-reported hardness

Not yet available

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State comparison
Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank
—
Matched utilities
3
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.

Great Barrington Fire Dist

MA1113000 · Groundwater · 4,380 people served system-wide

EPA SDWIS explicitly lists this ZIP in the system's served geography.

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
0.0029 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

19% 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.

Housatonic Water Works

MA1113003 · Surface water · 1,391 people served system-wide

EPA SDWIS explicitly lists this ZIP in the system's served geography.

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
0.0026 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

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

119% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2018 to Jun 30, 2018

Violation history (10)
Imported violation history for Housatonic Water Works
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Jan 21, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-basedArchivedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-basedArchivedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedAug 7, 2017
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJul 10, 2017
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleAddressedApr 1, 2015
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2013
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2013
Lead and Copper RuleAddressedJan 1, 2013

Bard College At Simons Rock

MA1113017 · Groundwater · 500 people served system-wide

EPA SDWIS explicitly lists this ZIP in the system's served geography.

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
0.0026 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for Bard College At Simons Rock
RuleStatusPeriod
Groundwater RuleAddressedFeb 1, 2015
Groundwater RuleAddressedSep 10, 2014

City summary

What the indexed records say

Great Barrington has 1 published ZIP profile across Berkshire County. The regional-evidence median is 212 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

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. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

1 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
3.6 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: Jun 26, 2017 to Sep 25, 2018.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Great Barrington

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

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 Great Barrington

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.