Lubbock, Texas
City of Lubbock 2025 Consumer Confidence Report, PWS TX1520002. Hardness 169 ppm average (range 81–244). Total chlorine 3.511 ppm (range 2.07–4.63). No Measure S-style residential softener ban turned up.
- Hardness169 ppm (range 81–244)
- Total chlorine3.511 ppm (range 2.07–4.63)
- TTHMs17 ppb (range 8–36)
- HAA57.84 ppb (range 2.50–13.0)
Best match for Lubbock
Salt-based water softener
No district prohibition on a brine drain turned up in the current file.
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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Other options that still fit
Salt-free conditioner
A salt-free conditioner changes how scale sticks. It does not soften. Soap and spots stay closer to untreated. No brine line.
Whole-house carbon for chlorine
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.
Under-sink reverse osmosis
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. Shop Amazon first for under-sink RO, or buy Cloud direct. 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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Test the tap first
A homeowner kit is a start. It is not a state-certified lab. Use a certified lab when the decision is expensive.
On the report
- Water utility
- City of Lubbock Water Utilities
- Hardness
- 2025 secondary / additional table. HARDNESS average 169 ppm (minimum 81, maximum 244). One printed citywide range — groundwater and surface-water sources combined on that row, not two invented columns. — City of Lubbock 2025 Consumer Confidence Report
- Disinfectant
- TOTAL CHLORINE 2025 average 3.511 ppm (range 2.07–4.63), MRDL 4.0 / MRDLG 4.0. Footnote says total chlorine is free chlorine plus combined; primary disinfectant is free chlorine and secondary disinfectant is monochloramine. PWS TX1520002. — City of Lubbock 2025 Consumer Confidence Report
- Brine / salt to the sewer
- No district prohibition found in current research. Searched City of Lubbock Water Utilities and sewer pages for a residential self-regenerating softener or brine-drain ban like LACSD Measure S. None 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.
- MicroplasticsWHO’s 2019 review examined studies that found microplastic particles in treated tap and bottled water in many places. That is a published-occurrence finding, not a number from this city’s water-quality report, and we do not invent a particles-per-liter count for the tap.Microplastics in drinking-water — World Health Organization
- ChloriteSame 2025 regulated table. Chlorite average 0.260 ppm (range 0.100–0.579), MCL 1 / MCLG 0.8.0.260 ppm average (0.100–0.579).2025 Water Quality Report — City of Lubbock Water Utilities
Lubbock drinking water is City of Lubbock Water Utilities, PWS TX1520002. About 61% Ogallala groundwater (Roberts and Bailey County well fields) and 39% surface water from Lake Alan Henry and Lake Meredith. No City of Lubbock 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 CCR prints hardness 169 ppm average (81–244). Total chlorine 3.511 ppm (2.07–4.63). TTHMs 17 ppb (8–36). HAA5 7.84 ppb (2.50–13.0). Kitchen shopping stays the Cloud RO / Waterdrop path already used on other cities if a listing is why you are looking.
Sources
- 2025 Water Quality Report — City of Lubbock Water Utilities. Accessed 2026-09-10.
Updated September 10, 2026. A city file is chemistry we can cite plus the sewer rule. No invented detections.