Tap water hardness in Scotland
We have published hardness data for 24 cities in Scotland. The median is 31 mg/L; the hardest water is in Innerleithen (108 mg/L), the softest in Tarbert (8 mg/L).
0 % of these cities have hard or very hard water (over 120 mg/L).
UK suppliers report mg/L CaCO₃ and often Clark degrees (1 °Clark = 14.25 mg/L).
Cities in Scotland, hardest first
| mg/L | mg/L | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Innerleithen | 108 | 108 | moderately hard |
| Fort William | 69 | 69 | moderately hard |
| Moffat | 68 | 68 | moderately hard |
| Turriff | 62 | 62 | moderately hard |
| Lerwick | 60 | 60 | soft |
| Aviemore | 58 | 58 | soft |
| Campbeltown | 56 | 56 | soft |
| Perth | 49 | 49 | soft |
| Dornoch | 48 | 48 | soft |
| Greenock | 41 | 41 | soft |
| Carron | 32 | 32 | soft |
| Edinburgh | 31 | 31 | soft |
| Inverness | 30 | 30 | soft |
| Alexandria | 29 | 29 | soft |
| Ballater | 27 | 27 | soft |
| Portree | 25 | 25 | soft |
| Ullapool | 21 | 21 | soft |
| Barra | 21 | 21 | soft |
| Benbecula | 20 | 20 | soft |
| Milngavie | 16 | 16 | soft |
| Glasgow | 16 | 16 | soft |
| Ardrishaig | 10 | 10 | soft |
| Stornoway | 10 | 10 | soft |
| Tarbert | 8 | 8 | soft |