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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).

Each dot is a place with published data; colour shows the hardness band.

Cities in Scotland, hardest first

mg/Lmg/L
Innerleithen108108moderately hard
Fort William6969moderately hard
Moffat6868moderately hard
Turriff6262moderately hard
Lerwick6060soft
Aviemore5858soft
Campbeltown5656soft
Perth4949soft
Dornoch4848soft
Greenock4141soft
Carron3232soft
Edinburgh3131soft
Inverness3030soft
Alexandria2929soft
Ballater2727soft
Portree2525soft
Ullapool2121soft
Barra2121soft
Benbecula2020soft
Milngavie1616soft
Glasgow1616soft
Ardrishaig1010soft
Stornoway1010soft
Tarbert88soft

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