How hard is the water in Nebraska?

The average water hardness across Nebraska is 333 PPM (19.5 GPG), classified as very hard. Hardness varies by city - the hardest water is in Big Springs (1106 PPM) and the softest is in Brownlee (32 PPM).

What city in Nebraska has the hardest water?

Big Springs has the hardest water in Nebraska at 1106 PPM. A water softener is recommended for residents.

How many water systems are in Nebraska?

Nebraska has 585 active community water systems serving 516 cities.

Water Hardness in Nebraska

Average: 333 PPMVery Hard516 cities585 water systems

Top 10 Hardest Water Cities

#	City	Hardness
1	Big Springs	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
2	Brock	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
3	Brownville	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
4	Brule	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
5	Chappell	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
6	Haigler	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
7	Talmage	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
8	Venango	Very Hard (1106 PPM)
9	Peru	Very Hard (990 PPM)
10	West Point	Very Hard (919 PPM)

Top 10 Softest Water Cities

#	City	Hardness
1	Brownlee	Soft (32 PPM)
2	Dunning	Soft (36 PPM)
3	Burwell	Soft (43 PPM)
4	Cody	Soft (46 PPM)
5	Gordon	Soft (46 PPM)
6	Merriman	Soft (46 PPM)
7	Bartlett	Soft (51 PPM)
8	Elgin	Soft (51 PPM)
9	Mullen	Soft (52 PPM)
10	Ainsworth	Soft (59 PPM)

All Cities in Nebraska

AbieVery Hard AdamsVery Hard AgnewModerately Hard AinsworthSoft AlbionVery Hard AldaHard AlexandriaVery Hard AllenVery Hard AllianceVery Hard AlmaHard AlmeriaVery Hard AlvoVery Hard AmeliaSlightly Hard AmesHard AmherstVery Hard AngoraSlightly Hard AnsleyHard ArapahoeVery Hard ArcadiaModerately Hard ArcherSlightly Hard ArlingtonVery Hard ArnoldHard ArthurVery Hard AshbyVery Hard AshlandVery Hard AshtonHard AtkinsonSlightly Hard AtlantaVery Hard AuburnVery Hard AuroraVery Hard AvocaVery Hard AxtellVery Hard AyrVery Hard BancroftVery Hard BarnestonVery Hard BartlettSoft BartleyVery Hard BassettSoft Battle CreekSlightly Hard BayardSlightly Hard BeatriceVery Hard Beaver CityVery Hard Beaver CrossingHard BeeVery Hard BeemerVery Hard BeldenVery Hard BelgradeVery Hard BellevueModerately Hard BellwoodVery Hard BelvidereModerately Hard BenedictVery Hard BenkelmanVery Hard BennetModerately Hard BenningtonModerately Hard BertrandVery Hard Big SpringsVery Hard BinghamSlightly Hard BladenVery Hard BlairVery Hard BloomfieldVery Hard BloomingtonHard Blue HillVery Hard Blue SpringsVery Hard BoelusHard Boys TownModerately Hard BradshawVery Hard BradyVery Hard BrainardVery Hard BrewsterVery Hard BridgeportSlightly Hard BristowSlightly Hard BroadwaterHard BrockVery Hard Broken BowHard BrownleeSoft BrownvilleVery Hard BruleVery Hard BruningVery Hard BrunoVery Hard BrunswickSlightly Hard BurchardVery Hard BurrVery Hard BurwellSoft BushnellSlightly Hard ButteSlightly Hard ByronVery Hard CairoHard CallawaySlightly Hard CambridgeHard CampbellVery Hard CarletonVery Hard CarrollVery Hard Cedar BluffsVery Hard Cedar CreekModerately Hard Cedar RapidsSlightly Hard CenterVery Hard Central CityVery Hard CerescoVery Hard ChadronSlightly Hard ChambersSlightly Hard ChampionHard ChapmanVery Hard ChappellVery Hard ChesterVery Hard ClarksVery Hard ClarksonVery Hard ClatoniaVery Hard Clay CenterModerately Hard ClearwaterSlightly Hard CodySoft ColeridgeVery Hard ColonModerately Hard ComstockModerately Hard ConcordVery Hard CookVery Hard CordovaHard CortlandVery Hard CozadVery Hard Crab OrchardVery Hard CraigVery Hard CrawfordSlightly Hard CreightonVery Hard CrestonVery Hard CreteVery Hard CroftonVery Hard CrookstonSlightly Hard CulbertsonHard CurtisVery Hard Dakota CityVery Hard DaltonSlightly Hard DanburyVery Hard DannebrogHard DavenportVery Hard DaveyModerately Hard DawsonVery Hard DaykinVery Hard De WittVery Hard DecaturVery Hard DentonModerately Hard DeshlerVery Hard DeweeseVery Hard DickensVery Hard DillerModerately Hard DixSlightly Hard DixonVery Hard DodgeHard DoniphanHard DorchesterHard DouglasVery Hard Du BoisVery Hard DunbarVery Hard DuncanVery Hard DunningSoft DwightVery Hard EagleVery Hard EddyvilleVery Hard EdgarModerately Hard EdisonVery Hard ElbaHard ElginSoft Elk CreekVery Hard ElkhornModerately Hard EllsworthSlightly Hard Elm CreekVery Hard ElmwoodVery Hard ElsieVery Hard ElsmereVery Hard ElwoodVery Hard ElyriaVery Hard EmersonModerately Hard EmmetSlightly Hard EndersHard EndicottModerately Hard EricsonSlightly Hard EustisVery Hard EwingSlightly Hard ExeterVery Hard FairburyVery Hard FairfieldModerately Hard FairmontVery Hard Falls CityVery Hard FarnamVery Hard FarwellHard FilleyVery Hard FirthModerately Hard FordyceSlightly Hard Fort CalhounVery Hard FranklinHard FremontHard FriendHard FullertonVery Hard FunkVery Hard GarlandVery Hard GarrisonHard GenevaVery Hard GenoaSlightly Hard GeringSlightly Hard GibbonVery Hard GileadModerately Hard GiltnerVery Hard GlenvilVery Hard GoehnerHard GordonSoft GothenburgVery Hard GraftonHard Grand IslandHard GrantVery Hard GreeleySlightly Hard GreenwoodVery Hard GreshamVery Hard GretnaModerately Hard Guide RockVery Hard GurleySlightly Hard HaiglerVery Hard HallamModerately Hard HalseyVery Hard HamptonVery Hard HardyModerately Hard HarrisburgSlightly Hard HarrisonVery Hard HartingtonVery Hard HarvardVery Hard HastingsVery Hard Hay SpringsSlightly Hard Hayes CenterHard HazardVery Hard HeartwellVery Hard HebronVery Hard HemingfordVery Hard HendersonVery Hard HendleyVery Hard HermanVery Hard HersheyVery Hard HildrethHard HolbrookVery Hard HoldregeVery Hard HollandModerately Hard HolsteinVery Hard HomerVery Hard HooperHard HordvilleVery Hard HoskinsVery Hard HowellsVery Hard HubbardVery Hard HubbellVery Hard HumboldtVery Hard HumphreyVery Hard HyannisSlightly Hard ImperialVery Hard InavaleVery Hard IndianolaVery Hard InlandVery Hard InmanSlightly Hard IthacaVery Hard JacksonVery Hard JansenModerately Hard JohnsonVery Hard JohnstownVery Hard JuniataVery Hard KearneyVery Hard KenesawVery Hard KennardVery Hard KeystoneVery Hard KilgoreSlightly Hard KimballSlightly Hard LakesideSlightly Hard LaurelVery Hard LawrenceVery Hard LebanonVery Hard LeighVery Hard LemoyneVery Hard LewellenVery Hard LewistonVery Hard LexingtonVery Hard LibertyVery Hard LincolnModerately Hard LindsayVery Hard LinwoodModerately Hard LiscoSlightly Hard LitchfieldHard LodgepoleSlightly Hard Long PineSoft LoomisVery Hard LouisvilleVery Hard Loup CityHard LymanSlightly Hard LynchSlightly Hard LyonsVery Hard MacyModerately Hard MadisonSlightly Hard MadridVery Hard MalcolmModerately Hard MalmoVery Hard ManleyVery Hard MarquetteVery Hard MarslandSlightly Hard MartellModerately Hard Mason CityHard MaxHard MaxwellVery Hard MaywoodHard Mc CookHard Mc Cool JunctionVery Hard McleanHard MeadVery Hard Meadow GroveSlightly Hard MelbetaSlightly Hard MemphisVery Hard MernaHard MerrimanSoft MilburnHard MilfordHard MillardModerately Hard MillerVery Hard MilliganVery Hard MillsSlightly Hard MinatareSlightly Hard MindenVery Hard MitchellSlightly Hard MonroeVery Hard MoorefieldHard MorrillSlightly Hard Morse BluffVery Hard MullenSoft MurdockVery Hard MurrayVery Hard NaperSlightly Hard NaponeeVery Hard Nebraska CityHard NehawkaVery Hard NelighSlightly Hard NemahaModerately Hard NenzelSlightly Hard NewcastleVery Hard Newman GroveSlightly Hard NewportSlightly Hard NickersonHard NoraVery Hard NorfolkSlightly Hard North BendHard North LoupSlightly Hard North PlatteVery Hard OakModerately Hard OakdaleModerately Hard OaklandVery Hard OcontoHard OdellVery Hard OdessaVery Hard Offutt A F BModerately Hard OgallalaVery Hard OhiowaVery Hard OmahaModerately Hard OneillSlightly Hard OngHard OrchardSlightly Hard OrdModerately Hard OrleansHard OsceolaHard OshkoshVery Hard OsmondVery Hard OtoeVery Hard OvertonVery Hard OxfordVery Hard PageSlightly Hard PalisadeHard PalmerVery Hard PalmyraVery Hard PanamaModerately Hard PapillionModerately Hard ParksHard Pawnee CityVery Hard PaxtonVery Hard PenderModerately Hard PeruVery Hard PetersburgVery Hard PhillipsVery Hard PickrellVery Hard PierceVery Hard PilgerVery Hard PlainviewSlightly Hard Platte CenterVery Hard PlattsmouthVery Hard Pleasant DaleHard PleasantonVery Hard PlymouthModerately Hard PolkVery Hard PoncaVery Hard PotterSlightly Hard PragueVery Hard PrimroseSlightly Hard PurdumVery Hard RalstonModerately Hard RandolphVery Hard RavennaVery Hard Red CloudVery Hard Republican CityHard RichlandVery Hard Rising CityHard RiverdaleVery Hard RivertonVery Hard RocaModerately Hard RockvilleHard RogersVery Hard RosalieVery Hard RoselandVery Hard RoyalSlightly Hard RuloVery Hard RushvilleSlightly Hard RuskinVery Hard Saint EdwardSlightly Hard Saint HelenaVery Hard Saint LiborySlightly Hard Saint PaulVery Hard SalemVery Hard SargentModerately Hard SaronvilleModerately Hard SchuylerVery Hard ScotiaSlightly Hard ScottsbluffSlightly Hard ScribnerHard SenecaVery Hard SewardVery Hard ShelbyHard SheltonVery Hard ShickleyHard ShubertVery Hard SidneySlightly Hard Silver CreekVery Hard SmithfieldVery Hard SnyderHard South BendVery Hard South Sioux CityVery Hard SpaldingSlightly Hard SparksSlightly Hard SpencerSlightly Hard SpringfieldModerately Hard SpringviewSlightly Hard StamfordHard StantonVery Hard StaplehurstHard StapletonSlightly Hard Steele CityModerately Hard SteinauerVery Hard StellaVery Hard SterlingVery Hard StockvilleVery Hard StrangModerately Hard StrattonVery Hard StromsburgVery Hard StuartSlightly Hard SumnerVery Hard SuperiorVery Hard SutherlandVery Hard SuttonHard SwantonVery Hard SyracuseVery Hard Table RockVery Hard TalmageVery Hard TecumsehVery Hard TekamahVery Hard ThurstonModerately Hard TildenSlightly Hard TobiasVery Hard TrentonHard TrumbullVery Hard TryonVery Hard UehlingHard UlyssesHard UnadillaVery Hard UnionVery Hard UplandVery Hard UticaHard ValentineSlightly Hard ValleyModerately Hard ValparaisoVery Hard VenangoVery Hard VerdelVery Hard VerdigreVery Hard VerdonVery Hard VirginiaVery Hard WacoVery Hard WahooVery Hard WakefieldVery Hard WallaceVery Hard WalthillModerately Hard WaltonModerately Hard WashingtonModerately Hard WaterburyVery Hard WaterlooModerately Hard WaunetaVery Hard WausaVery Hard WaverlyModerately Hard WayneVery Hard Weeping WaterVery Hard WellfleetVery Hard West PointVery Hard WesternVery Hard WestervilleVery Hard WestonVery Hard WhiteclaySlightly Hard WhitmanVery Hard WhitneyVery Hard WilberVery Hard WilcoxHard WilsonvilleVery Hard WinnebagoModerately Hard WinnetoonVery Hard WinsideVery Hard WisnerVery Hard WolbachSlightly Hard Wood LakeSlightly Hard Wood RiverHard WymoreVery Hard WynotVery Hard YorkVery Hard YutanVery Hard