Bergen County water hardness
Bergen County households are largely served by Veolia's Hackensack system and a set of borough-run wells, so readings swing widely between the Hackensack River supply and local groundwater.
Across the 2 Bergen County municipalities with published figures, hardness averages 11.3 grains per gallon — very hard water on the USGS scale. Because most towns here buy treated water rather than produce it, neighbouring municipalities on the same system report the same number; the systems represented below are Mahwah municipal system, Veolia Hackensack Service System.
2 of 2 records
| mg/L | Class | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahwah | 14.6 | 250 | Very Hard | Mahwah municipal system | Mahwah Water Quality Report |
| Paramus | 8 | 136 | Hard | Veolia Hackensack Service System | Veolia Hackensack CCR |
Every Bergen County town page
Each municipality has its own page with the reported figure, the system that supplies it, what the level means in practice locally, and the report the number was read from.
The extremes in Bergen County are Mahwah water hardness at 14.6 gpg and Paramus at 8 gpg.