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Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland Water 2025 Water Quality Report. Lake Erie water treated at four plants. Hardness as CaCO3 105–130 mg/L, average 117. Total chlorine printed as four plant columns. No Measure S-style residential softener ban turned up.

Cited chemistry for ClevelandA chart of numbers printed on the utility report, each labeled with its unit. Missing numbers are left off.Hardnessavg 117 mg/L (range 105–130)Total chlorine (Baldwin)1.17 ppm (range 1.06–1.29)Total chlorine (Crown)1.09 ppm (range 0.88–1.22)Total chlorine (Morgan)1.13 ppm (range 0.92–1.36)Total chlorine (Nottingham)1.20 ppm (range 1.01–1.40)WQR
Cited numbers from the utility report. Length follows the printed value against a labeled scale — not a health ranking. If the report has no number, it is not on the chart.
  1. Hardnessavg 117 mg/L (range 105–130)
  2. Total chlorine (Baldwin)1.17 ppm (range 1.06–1.29)
  3. Total chlorine (Crown)1.09 ppm (range 0.88–1.22)
  4. Total chlorine (Morgan)1.13 ppm (range 0.92–1.36)
  5. Total chlorine (Nottingham)1.20 ppm (range 1.01–1.40)

On the report

Water utility
Cleveland Water
Hardness
Hardness as CaCO3 105–130 mg/L, average 117. One printed range/average on the 2025 report. Not a number from a ranking site. — Cleveland Water 2025 Water Quality Report
Disinfectant
Sodium hypochlorite (chlorine). 2025 total chlorine residual printed as four treatment-plant columns in this order — Baldwin 1.17 ppm (range 1.06–1.29), Crown 1.09 (0.88–1.22), Garrett A. Morgan 1.13 (0.92–1.36), Nottingham 1.20 (1.01–1.40). Those are four labeled columns, not a blended citywide number. — Cleveland Water 2025 Water Quality Report
Brine / salt to the sewer
No district prohibition found in current research. No Cleveland Water or Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District residential softener ban like LACSD Measure S turned up. Ask the sewer agency on the bill before you cut a brine drain.

Also around here

Extra context besides the utility report and the chart above — geology, an unregulated table, or a published study. Not a second set of printed tap numbers.

Cleveland drinking water is Lake Erie treated by Cleveland Water at four plants (Crown, Garrett A. Morgan, Baldwin, Nottingham). No Cleveland Water or Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District residential softener ban like LACSD Measure S turned up. Ask the sewer agency on the bill before you cut a brine drain. This is not a legal opinion.

The 2025 Water Quality Report prints hardness as CaCO3 105–130 mg/L, average 117. One range. We do not invent a second supply.

Disinfectant is sodium hypochlorite. Total chlorine residual is printed as four labeled plant columns, left to right Baldwin 1.17 ppm (range 1.06–1.29), Crown 1.09 (0.88–1.22), Garrett A. Morgan 1.13 (0.92–1.36), Nottingham 1.20 (1.01–1.40). We do not invent a citywide blend of those four. Kitchen shopping stays the Cloud RO / Waterdrop path already used on other cities if a listing is why you are looking.

What actually fits

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If soap will not lather and the glassware looks chalky

Two tall mineral tanks and a black brine tank of a salt-based water softener, plumbed with copper pipe in a garage.
Salt-based softener: two mineral tanks and a brine tank.

A salt-based softener is the thing that actually removes hardness. Size it from your grains and how much water you use, not bathroom count. It needs a drain.

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If you only want less scale and you hate salt bags

A single tall tank with no brine tank, installed in a laundry alcove next to a washing machine.
Salt-free conditioner: one tank, no salt bin.

A salt-free conditioner changes how scale sticks. It does not soften. Soap and spots stay closer to untreated. No brine line.

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If the shower just smells like the pool

A single black whole-house carbon tank with a control head, installed in a garage and connected to copper pipe.
Whole-house carbon tank. No brine tank.

That is chlorine. A whole-house carbon filter with an NSF/ANSI 42 chlorine claim is the usual match. A softener will not take chlorine out.

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If you are shopping a PFAS listing for the kitchen

Under-sink reverse osmosis system with a white storage tank, filter canisters, and colored tubing in a kitchen cabinet.
Under-sink reverse osmosis: filters, tank, and a second faucet.

The under-sink RO we actually run is Cloud RO — NSF/ANSI 58, kitchen tap, not a whole-house tank. Check the exact listing if PFAS is why you are shopping. Waterdrop is a tankless option if you want that path. A certifier-listed pitcher is the cheap first step. Nobody is paying for a medical claim.

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If you have not tested the tap

A homeowner kit is a start. It is not a state-certified lab. Use a certified lab when the decision is expensive.

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Sources

  1. 2025 Water Quality Report — Cleveland Water. Accessed 2026-09-06.

Updated September 6, 2026. A city file is chemistry we can cite plus the sewer rule. No invented detections.