City of Pewaukee hardness by service area, read for a softener setting
Most utilities leave softener settings for the homeowner to work out. The City of Pewaukee publishes hardness for each of its service areas with exactly that job in mind.
Call (262) 829-5961Mon to Fri, 7am to 5pmThe two City numbers
East Side system: 338 parts per million. West Side and Highlands system: 345 parts per million. A part per million of hardness is a milligram per liter, so one division by 17.1 converts both: about 19.8 grains and about 20.2 grains.
A softener takes its setting in grains per gallon, which makes those converted figures the ones to keep handy.
Confirm the service area before trusting either
The numbers only help once you know which system feeds your address. If it is not obvious whether you are on the East Side system or the West Side and Highlands system, the City utility can tell you from the address.
Check the more basic point first, too: that you are a City customer at all. The Village of Pewaukee runs a separate utility with its own measured range, and a home drawing on its own well belongs to neither.
A small gap between the two areas
Seven parts per million separate the service areas, which is under half a grain. For setting a softener, 19.8 against 20.2 is a minor difference; the more useful question is how your own tap compares with either.
A published figure describes the system's water as a whole. The water at one faucet on one day can read differently, which is why the plumber tests your tap before anything is connected. That reading, not the service area's figure, is the one your softener ends up set to.
From the City's figure to your softener's setting
On the call, your service area's figure is where sizing begins. When install day comes, the plumber measures hardness at your tap, sets the softener from that measurement, and retests until the tap shows zero.
If you own a softener now and want to compare it with the City's numbers, its hardness setting is usually on the control head's display or in the manual. Read it off before you call, so you know where your current unit stands against 19.8 or 20.2. If the house is new to you, the previous owner's setting is anyone's guess until someone looks.
Common questions
Which City of Pewaukee service area has harder water?
The West Side and Highlands system, narrowly: 345 parts per million against 338 on the East Side, about 20.2 grains against 19.8.
Do the City's numbers apply in the Village of Pewaukee?
No. The Village has its own utility, and its 2022 master plan measured 280 to 380 milligrams per liter, which is 16.4 to 22.2 grains.
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