Sussex, WI water hardness
Sussex water hardness: 300 milligrams per liter, 17.5 grains
The Village of Sussex water utility publishes a single hardness figure for the water it supplies. Here is where that figure comes from, how the USGS would rate it, which Sussex-area homes it says nothing about, and how a quote puts it to work.
Call (262) 829-5961Mon to Fri, 7am to 5pmSource: Village of Sussex water utility published water quality report
Village wells and the number they produce
Village water is Waukesha County groundwater, pumped from municipal wells. The utility's published water quality report gives its total hardness as 300 milligrams per liter, expressed as calcium carbonate.
It is one figure for the system rather than a reading from any one faucet. Converted to grains per gallon, the unit softeners are set in, it comes to 17.5.
Four bands, and Sussex in the highest
On the USGS scale, water counts as soft through 60 milligrams per liter, then moderately hard to 120 and hard to 180. Past 180, which equals 10.5 grains, it is very hard.
Sussex's 300 is 120 milligrams past the start of the highest band. In grains, 17.5 is more than half again the 10.5 where very hard begins, so sitting in the middle of the Waukesha County range does not make the Village's water mild.
Homes on the other side of the Village line
The 300 belongs to the Village system. A house in the Town of Lisbon, or anywhere around Sussex, that pumps a private well is working with its own water, and no one publishes a figure for it.
For those homes the number comes off a well lab report. Read the iron line while you are there: in this part of the county, iron commonly comes up out of the same rock as the hardness.
Looking up the Village's figure yourself
The Village of Sussex water utility posts its water quality report in its own section of the Village website. Hardness appears there as total hardness in milligrams per liter, not grains, so expect to find 300 rather than 17.5.
The guide on reading that line goes further into the units, and into setting a well report beside it.
How a quote puts the figure to work
For a Village home, 300 milligrams and 17.5 grains are already on our side of the call, so all you supply is the household and where the main line comes in. That is enough for us to size the softener and quote a single price.
The plumber's first act on install day is a reading at your tap, before anything is connected, and the last is a retest that has to read zero hardness.
Common questions
Do I need to test Village water before I call?
No. The Village has already published its figure, and the plumber reads your tap before any work starts on install day.
Can I use the Village's number to set the softener I already have?
On Village water it is a fair starting point: 300 milligrams per liter is 17.5 grains. A reading at your own tap is better still, and it is the number a new softener gets set to.
More for Sussex homes
- Water softener installation in Sussex, WI
- Water softener replacement in Sussex, WI
- Well water softeners in Sussex, WI
- Guides for Sussex and Lisbon water
- About Sussex Water Softener Co.
- Water softener quotes in Sussex, WI
- Village of Sussex water or a Town of Lisbon well: which reaches your tap?
- Buying a house in Sussex or Lisbon: the water paperwork to ask for
- Reading the Village of Sussex hardness figure: from 300 mg/L to grains
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