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Water hardness in Orange

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

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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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.

City Of Orange

TX1810004 · Groundwater · 19,300 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, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (8)
Imported violation history for City Of Orange
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedMay 1, 2025 to Jun 7, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSHealth-basedResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Aug 14, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONSResolvedOct 17, 2024 to Aug 14, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 2, 2024 to Sep 13, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedOct 10, 2021 to Nov 16, 2021
Public NoticeResolvedAug 23, 2021 to Jun 7, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Jun 7, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Orange has 2 published ZIP profiles across Orange County. The regional-evidence median is 70 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 70.1–70.1 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label. 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 hard2 ZIPs
Hard0 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
22.8 miles
Profiles with evidence
2/2

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 2

Observation window: Jul 23, 2020 to Aug 5, 2020.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Orange

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

77630

Moderately Hard

70.1 PPM

Nearest site
22.8 mi
Confidence
Low

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ZIP code

77632

Moderately Hard

70.1 PPM

Nearest site
12.8 mi
Confidence
Low

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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 Orange

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.