Tap water hardness in Hsinchu County
We have published hardness data for 11 cities in Hsinchu County. The median is 124 mg/L; the hardest water is in Hukou (141 mg/L), the softest in Jianshi (46 mg/L).
64 % of these cities have hard or very hard water (over 120 mg/L).
Taiwan Water Corporation reports total hardness in mg/L CaCO₃; the drinking-water standard is 300 mg/L.
Cities in Hsinchu County, hardest first
| mg/L | mg/L | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hukou | 141 | 141 | hard |
| Xinfeng | 141 | 141 | hard |
| Zhudong | 134 | 134 | hard |
| Xionglin | 129 | 129 | hard |
| Zhubei | 126 | 126 | hard |
| Baoshan | 124 | 124 | hard |
| Guanxi | 124 | 124 | hard |
| Hengshan | 90 | 90 | moderately hard |
| Beibu | 80 | 80 | moderately hard |
| Emei | 80 | 80 | moderately hard |
| Jianshi | 46 | 46 | soft |