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Las Vegas, Nevada

LVVWD current report: set softeners at 280 ppm / 16 gpg. Chlorine residual, not chloramine. No SCV-style sewer ban found.

Water utility
Las Vegas Valley Water District
Sanitation district
City of Las Vegas / Clark County Water Reclamation (confirm on the sewer bill)
Salt / brine discharge
No district prohibition found in current research. No Southern Nevada sanitation prohibition comparable to LACSD Measure S turned up for this file. HOAs and specific districts can still write rules. Ask the agency on the sewer bill.
Hardness (as published)
Current LVVWD Water Quality Report tells customers to set a softener at 280 ppm / 16 grains per gallon. Some FAQ pages have also printed 291 ppm / 17 gpg. Use the report you open, then test the tap. — Las Vegas Valley Water District Water Quality Report (current PDF); LVVWD water quality FAQs
Disinfectant (as published)
Chlorine added as water leaves SNWA treatment plants (ozone + filtration + chlorination). Groundwater: chlorine as it enters distribution. Free chlorine residual on the report (example: avg about 0.99–1.0 ppm). — LVVWD Water Quality Report; LVVWD testing and treatment page

What actually fits

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If soap will not lather and the glassware looks chalky

Two tall mineral tanks and a black brine tank of a salt-based water softener, plumbed with copper pipe in a garage.
Salt-based softener: two mineral tanks and a brine tank.

A salt-based softener is the thing that actually removes hardness. Size it from your grains and how much water you use, not bathroom count. It needs a drain.

Shop salt-based softeners

If you only want less scale and you hate salt bags

A single tall tank with no brine tank, installed in a laundry alcove next to a washing machine.
Salt-free conditioner: one tank, no salt bin.

A salt-free conditioner changes how scale sticks. It does not soften. Soap and spots stay closer to untreated. No brine line.

Shop salt-free conditioners

If the shower just smells like the pool

A single black whole-house carbon tank with a control head, installed in a garage and connected to copper pipe.
Whole-house carbon tank. No brine tank.

That is chlorine. A whole-house carbon filter with an NSF/ANSI 42 chlorine claim is the usual match. A softener will not take chlorine out.

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If you are shopping a PFAS listing for the kitchen

Under-sink reverse osmosis system with a white storage tank, filter canisters, and colored tubing in a kitchen cabinet.
Under-sink reverse osmosis: filters, tank, and a second faucet.

A pitcher or under-sink RO whose exact model is listed for PFAS under NSF/ANSI 53 or 58. The RO shop link is Waterdrop. Pitchers stay on a tagged Amazon search. We have not picked a model.

Shop Waterdrop reverse osmosisShop PFAS-listed pitchers

If you have not tested the tap

A homeowner kit is a start. It is not a state-certified lab. Use a certified lab when the decision is expensive.

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Las Vegas is a very hard, chlorine file. Colorado River minerals, not a well-iron story for LVVWD city water.

What LVVWD publishes

The current Water Quality Report tells people with a softener to set 280 ppm / 16 gpg. Older FAQ copy has said 291 ppm / 17 gpg. Both are “very hard.” Pick the number on the PDF you are holding and confirm at the tap.

Lake Mead water is ozonated, filtered, and chlorinated. Groundwater is chlorinated as it enters the system. Vendor pages that say “the Valley uses chloramine” need a citation that is not this district’s sentence.

Salt discharge

unrestricted-as-of-research. Not a lawyer letter. Strip HOA CC&Rs separately.

What to match here

Updated August 30, 2026. Adding another city is a new Markdown file in src/content/cities, not a rewrite of this page.