My Water Hardness

Knowing your water hardness will help you select and set up a water softener that will meet the needs of your household. Once you know your water hardness, try the online calculator to determine what size of water softener you need.

You can also request your water hardness data in an alternative format by emailing watercycle@regionofwaterloo.ca.

Guelph Region of Waterloo Waterloo Kitchener Cambridge Wellesley Woolwich Wilmot North Dumfries

City of Guelph

Guelph, 21 grains per gallon Guelph, 21 - 28 grains per gallon Guelph, 21 - 33 grains per gallon
Guelph Map Scale

City of Guelph
 Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)

21

21 – 28

21 – 33

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Region of Waterloo

Region of Waterloo Region of Waterloo, 17 - 20 grains per gallon Region of Waterloo, 20 - 24 grains per gallon Region of Waterloo, 24 - 28 grains per gallon Region of Waterloo, 28 - 32 grains per gallon Region of Waterloo, 36 - 38 grains per gallon
Region of Waterloo Map Scale

Region of Waterloo
 Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)

17 – 20 gpg

20 – 24 gpg

24 – 28 gpg

32 – 36 gpg

36 – 38 gpg

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Waterloo

Waterloo Waterloo, 17 - 20 grains per gallon Waterloo, 20 - 24 grains per gallon Waterloo, 24 - 28 grains per gallon Waterloo, 28 - 32 grains per gallon Waterloo, 32 - 36 grains per gallon
Waterloo Map Scale

Waterloo
 Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)

17 – 20 gpg

20 – 24 gpg

24 – 28 gpg

28 – 32 gpg

32 – 36 gpg

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Kitchener

Kitchener Kitchener, 17 - 20 grains per gallon Kitchener, 20 - 24 grains per gallon Kitchener, 24 - 28 grains per gallon Kitchener, 28 - 32 grains per gallon Kitchener, 32 - 36 grains per gallon
Kitchener Map Scale

Kitchener
 Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)

17 – 20 gpg

20 – 24 gpg

24 – 28 gpg

28 – 32 gpg

32 – 36 gpg

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Cambridge

Cambridge Cambridge, 20 - 24 grains per gallon Cambridge, 24 - 28 grains per gallon Cambridge, 24 - 28 grains per gallon Cambridge, 28 - 32 grains per gallon Cambridge, 32 - 36 grains per gallon
Cambridge Map Scale

Cambridge
 Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)

20 – 24 gpg

24 – 28 gpg

24 – 28 gpg

28 – 32 gpg

32 – 36 gpg

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Wellesley

Town Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)
Linwood 8
St. Clements 20
Wellesley 15

Woolwich

Town Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)
Breslau 25
Conestogo – East of Grand River 32
Conestogo – West of Grand River 21
Heidelberg 32
Maryhill 21
St. Jacobs – Elmira 19
West Montrose 28

Wilmot

Town Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)
Baden 20
Foxboro Green 57
Mannheim Village 25
New Dundee 21
New Hamburg 19
Shingletown 21
St. Agatha 21

North Dumfries

Town Water hardness
Grains per gallon (gpg)
Ayr 21
Branchton Meadows 27
Lloyd Brown 31
Roseville 16