Blanding, Utah Water Hardness & Water Softener Guide
Blanding does not publish a hardness figure. State lab sampling of the individual wells and springs that feed the city has returned 185-189 mg/L as CaCO3 — a spread, not a single tap number.
Where Blanding’s water comes from
Johnson Creek and Indian Creek intakes plus wells A, B, C. Source: Utah Division of Drinking Water chemical analysis, Blanding City UTAH19001 · 2007
Why there is a range and not a number
Blanding publishes no single figure. What exists is Utah Division of Drinking Water lab results for each well and spring, and they differ from one another. How to read a range.
Worth knowing: Wells A and C only; the city also draws two surface intakes with no recent hardness data, so the blended tap figure may sit outside this range.
Your tap receives a blend, so treat the range as the bracket your water falls inside, not as your number.
What Blanding’s hardness means in practice
Sizing is arithmetic once you have a number. At 11.1 grains per gallon — the top of that range, because a softener sized for the soft months lets hardness through in the hard ones — a household using the EPA average of more than 300 gallons a day sends roughly 3,316 grains of hardness through its plumbing every day. Over a year that is about 173 pounds of scale-forming calcium and magnesium passing through the water heater and the fixtures.
Against that load a 32,000-grain softener would regenerate roughly every 9.7 days and a 48,000-grain unit about every 14.5 days. Those are first estimates off the figure Blanding publishes, not a quote: your own use, any iron in the water, and whether you want softened water at the kitchen tap all move the answer, which is why we measure at your tap before sizing anything.
What CASA recommends in Blanding
The state samples bracket Blanding’s sources across a wide range and your tap gets a blend, so we size to your reading rather than to the bracket.
Water hardness in nearby cities
Blanding water hardness FAQ
How hard is the water in Blanding, Utah? No figure is published. State lab results for the city’s own wells and springs span 185-189 mg/L as CaCO3. Source: Utah Division of Drinking Water chemical analysis, Blanding City UTAH19001 · 2007
Where does Blanding get its drinking water? Johnson Creek and Indian Creek intakes plus wells A, B, C.
Do I need a water softener in Blanding? Measured hardness decides it, not a published average — which is why the test comes before the recommendation.
How do I find my exact hardness? Have it measured where you live — our test is free and the result is written down. Reading the scale.
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