Perth Water Quality · Buckland Hill
Water quality in Buckland Hill
Your local water hardness and the full breakdown of 16 parameters, sourced from Water Corporation's 2023–24 report.
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Buckland Hill supply zone
Moderately hard
63mg/L total hardness (range 49–76)
Water in Buckland Hill is moderately hard. You may notice some scale over time on kettles and shower screens, but it’s manageable. Carbon filtration improves taste; softening is optional.
Other figures worth knowing
Chlorine by-products (THMs)0.082mg/L
pH7.81
Dissolved solids396mg/L
Sodium103mg/L
Perth's water is disinfected with free chlorine at roughly 0.4–1.0 mg/L network-wide. The figure above is trihalomethanes (THMs) — by-products of chlorination that a catalytic carbon filter reduces. In Buckland Hill they run at about 33% of the safety guideline.
What this means for your home
Water in Buckland Hill is moderately hard. You may notice some scale over time on kettles and shower screens, but it’s manageable. Carbon filtration improves taste; softening is optional.
✓Our honest take: A carbon filter improves taste and chlorine; scale prevention is a nice-to-have, not essential.
Full water quality breakdown — Buckland Hill
Scale & hardness
Total hardness6349–76 mg/L as CaCO3
Total dissolved solids396234–488 mg/L
Alkalinity6344–82 mg/L as CaCO3
Silica6.43.1–9.7 mg/L
General chemistry
pH7.817.47–7.97 pH units
Sodium10356–125 mg/L
Chloride16490–200 mg/L
Sulphate159–19 mg/L
Aesthetic (taste, colour, staining)
Iron0.0330.02–0.045 mg/L
Manganese0.0050.003–0.007 mg/L
Aluminium0.0090.008–0.014 mg/L
True colour11–1 HU
Turbidity0.20.1–0.3 NTU
Health-related
Fluoride0.770.7–0.85 mg/L
Nitrate0.4?–0.9 mg/L
Trihalomethanes (THMs)0.0820.041–0.12 mg/L
Suburbs in the Buckland Hill supply area: Buckland Hill, Claremont, Cottesloe, Dalkeith, East Fremantle, Karrakatta, Mosman Park, Mount Claremont, Nedlands, North Fremantle, Peppermint Grove, Swanbourne. Water Corporation reports quality by supply locality rather than individual suburb, so these suburbs share the Buckland Hill figures above. Your exact property may vary slightly.
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Source: Water Corporation Drinking Water Quality Annual Report 2023–24, Perth Region (aesthetic & health tables). Figures are locality means with min–max range. Verified June 2026. Buckland Hill met all health-related safety requirements in 2023–24. See all Perth suburbs →
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