{
  "city": "New Braunfels",
  "state": "TX",
  "slug": "new-braunfels",
  "hardness_facts": [
    {
      "utility": "New Braunfels Utilities",
      "measure": "Water hardness range",
      "value_as_published": "13.7 to 17.4 grains per gallon, described as \"very hard\"",
      "period": "Undated web page (the same range appears as 2017 data in NBU's 2018 report)",
      "source_title": "The Facts About Hard Water | New Braunfels Utilities",
      "source_url": "https://nbutexas.com/?p=1145"
    }
  ],
  "published_span_mg_per_l": [
    234,
    298
  ],
  "span_converted_from_grains": true,
  "usgs_class": "very hard",
  "usgs_class_source": "https://www.usgs.gov/water-science-school/science/hardness-water",
  "notes": [
    "NBU's water quality reports for 2019 through 2025 do not list hardness, so the newest dated figure is from 2017. NBU's hard-water page still states the same range."
  ],
  "local_details": {
    "disinfectant": {
      "text": "NBU lists total chlorine as the additive that controls microbes, averaging 2.64 ppm in 2024.",
      "kind": "chlorine",
      "source_title": "New Braunfels Utilities 2024 Water Quality Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.nbutexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-Water-Quality-Report-Brochure-8.5x11-FINAL.pdf",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "NEWBRA-L-01"
      ]
    },
    "source_water": {
      "text": "Most New Braunfels water is Guadalupe River water treated at the Gruene Road plant, supplemented by Edwards and Trinity aquifer wells and water bought as needed from Green Valley SUD and GBRA.",
      "source_title": "New Braunfels Utilities 2024 Water Quality Report",
      "source_url": "https://www.nbutexas.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/2024-Water-Quality-Report-Brochure-8.5x11-FINAL.pdf",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "NEWBRA-L-02"
      ]
    },
    "seasonal": {
      "text": "NBU says hardness can vary with location, water source and seasonal conditions.",
      "source_title": "New Braunfels Utilities water hardness page",
      "source_url": "https://nbutexas.com/?p=36730",
      "evidence_ids": [
        "NEWBRA-L-03"
      ]
    }
  },
  "sources_checked_on": "2026-10-27",
  "site": "https://newbraunfelswatersystems.com/",
  "brand": "New Braunfels Water Systems by My Home Water System",
  "taking_requests": true
}