Perth Water Quality · Mt. Hawthorn
Water quality in Mt. Hawthorn
Your local water hardness and the full breakdown of 16 parameters, sourced from Water Corporation's 2024–25 report.
Updated with Water Corporation 2024-25 data.
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Mt. Hawthorn supply zone
Hard water
106mg/L total hardness (range 99–110)
Water in Mt. Hawthorn is hard. Expect limescale on appliances, shower screens and hot water systems over time. Scale prevention or softening makes a noticeable difference here.
Other figures worth knowing
Chlorine by-products (THMs)0.109mg/L
pH7.97
Dissolved solids572mg/L
Sodium127mg/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 Mt. Hawthorn they run at about 44% of the safety guideline.
What this means for your home
Water in Mt. Hawthorn is hard. Expect limescale on appliances, shower screens and hot water systems over time. Scale prevention or softening makes a noticeable difference here.
✓Our honest take: A scale-prevention or softening stage is worth it — it protects your appliances and hot water system.
Full water quality breakdown — Mt. Hawthorn
Scale & hardness
Total hardness10699–110 mg/L as CaCO3
Total dissolved solids572553–607 mg/L
Alkalinity126120–140 mg/L as CaCO3
Silica17.217–18 mg/L
General chemistry
pH7.977.92–8.02 pH units
Sodium127125–130 mg/L
Chloride192190–195 mg/L
Sulphate2827–30 mg/L
Aesthetic (taste, colour, staining)
Iron0.0370.025–0.045 mg/L
Manganese0.0050.003–0.007 mg/L
Aluminium0.0080.008–0.008 mg/L
True colour11–1 HU
Turbidity0.10.1–0.2 NTU
Health-related
Fluoride0.850.8–0.9 mg/L
Nitrate1.30.4–1.8 mg/L
Trihalomethanes (THMs)0.1090.083–0.15 mg/L
About this supply area: Water Corporation reports quality by supply locality rather than individual suburb, so the suburbs listed at the top of this page all share the Mt. Hawthorn figures. Your exact property may vary slightly. Water Corporation doesn’t publish supply boundaries street-by-street, so matching suburbs to localities involves some interpretation — homes near a boundary may actually be served by a neighbouring locality, and figures there can differ slightly.
Source: Water Corporation Drinking Water Quality Annual Report 2024–25, Perth Region (aesthetic & health tables). Figures are locality means with min–max range. Verified July 2026. Mt. Hawthorn met all health-related safety requirements in 2024–25. See all Perth suburbs →