Cape May County water hardness
Cape May County draws from confined coastal aquifers. Hardness is moderate, and sodium is often the number residents ask about first.
Across the 3 Cape May County municipalities with published figures, hardness averages 5.1 grains per gallon — moderately 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 Ocean City Service System, Ocean City System.
3 of 3 records
| mg/L | Class | Source | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beasleys Point | 5.1 | 88 | Moderately Hard | Ocean City Service System | NJ American Water CCR |
| Marmora | 5.1 | 88 | Moderately Hard | Ocean City Service System | NJ American Water CCR |
| Ocean City | 5.1 | 88 | Moderately Hard | Ocean City System | NJ American Water CCR |
Every Cape May 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 Cape May County are Beasleys Point water hardness at 5.1 gpg and Ocean City at 5.1 gpg.