Provo, Utah
Provo Public Works 2025 Water Quality Report (December 2024–December 2025 testing). Hardness typically 10–15 grains per gallon. Chlorine residual is not printed. No Measure S-style residential softener ban turned up.
- Hardness10–15 gpg typical
- TTHMsCity 1.88–15.58 ppb; DACRWTP 54.1 ppb
- HAA5City 0–9.71 ppb; DACRWTP 34.1 ppb
- Lead (90th percentile)4.3 ppb (2 sites over AL 15)
Best match for Provo
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 — match chlorine vs chloramine
Open the CCR for chlorine vs chloramine, then match that claim. A 42 chlorine listing is not chloramine.
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
- Provo Public Works — Water Resources
- Hardness
- WATER HARDNESS AND IN-HOME SOFTENERS IN PROVO section on the official 2025 Water Quality Report. Water in Provo is considered moderately hard, with typical levels ranging from 10–15 grains per gallon. One printed typical range — not a well-versus-DACRWTP blend we invented. — Provo 2025 Water Quality Report
- Disinfectant
- No chlorine or chloramine residual number printed on the 2025 regulated tables we opened. Disinfection by-products print. Open the CCR for the residual row. — Provo 2025 Water Quality Report
- Brine / salt to the sewer
- No district prohibition found in current research. Searched Provo Public Works Water 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
- SodiumSame 2025 inorganic table. Sodium lowest 4.228 ppm, highest 15.246 ppm, DACRWTP highest 47.6 ppm. Those are labeled columns — not a blended tap number.4.228–15.246 ppm city columns; DACRWTP 47.6 ppm.2025 Water Quality Report — Provo Public Works — Water Resources
Provo drinking water is Provo Public Works Water Resources from city wells and springs, with some supply from the Don A. Christiansen Regional Water Treatment Plant. No City of Provo 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 report prints hardness typically 10–15 gpg. We do not invent a chlorine residual. TTHMs print as city 1.88–15.58 ppb and DACRWTP 54.1 ppb. HAA5 city 0–9.71 ppb and DACRWTP 34.1 ppb. Lead 90th percentile 4.3 ppb. 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 — Provo Public Works — Water Resources. Accessed 2026-09-10.
Updated September 10, 2026. A city file is chemistry we can cite plus the sewer rule. No invented detections.