Tap water hardness in Osaka
We have published hardness data for 42 cities in Osaka. The median is 42 mg/L; the hardest water is in Kashiwara (87 mg/L), the softest in Tondabayashi (17 mg/L).
0 % of these cities have hard or very hard water (over 120 mg/L).
Japanese waterworks report hardness (硬度) in mg/L CaCO₃; the standard is 300 mg/L and the target 10–100 mg/L.
Cities in Osaka, hardest first
| mg/L | mg/L | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Kashiwara | 87 | 87 | moderately hard |
| Taishi | 86 | 86 | moderately hard |
| Habikino | 86 | 86 | moderately hard |
| Shimamoto | 83 | 83 | moderately hard |
| Fujiidera | 66 | 66 | moderately hard |
| Settsu | 63 | 63 | moderately hard |
| Minoo | 58 | 58 | soft |
| Katano | 56 | 56 | soft |
| Ikeda | 55 | 55 | soft |
| Izumisano | 54 | 54 | soft |
| Nose | 50 | 50 | soft |
| Toyono | 50 | 50 | soft |
| Chihaya-akasaka | 46 | 46 | soft |
| Izumiotsu | 46 | 46 | soft |
| Kawachi-nagano | 46 | 46 | soft |
| Kishiwada | 46 | 46 | soft |
| Higashiosaka | 44 | 44 | soft |
| Toyonaka | 44 | 44 | soft |
| Ibaraki | 43 | 43 | soft |
| Kaizuka | 43 | 43 | soft |
| Daito | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Hannan | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Kumatori | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Osaka | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Sennan | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Takaishi | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Takatsuki | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Yao | 42 | 42 | soft |
| Moriguchi | 41 | 41 | soft |
| Shijonawate | 41 | 41 | soft |
| Suita | 41 | 41 | soft |
| Neyagawa | 41 | 41 | soft |
| Kadoma | 40 | 40 | soft |
| Kanan | 40 | 40 | soft |
| Osaka-sayama | 40 | 40 | soft |
| Hirakata | 40 | 40 | soft |
| Sakai | 39 | 39 | soft |
| Izumi | 39 | 39 | soft |
| Matsubara | 37 | 37 | soft |
| Tadaoka | 34 | 34 | soft |
| Misaki | 31 | 31 | soft |
| Tondabayashi | 17 | 17 | soft |