Dalton Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Dalton, Georgia, the Whitfield County seat — a major northwest Georgia industrial city (Dalton is the 'Carpet Capital of the World' — Dalton and Whitfield County produce approximately 85% of the world's tufted floor coverings; the carpet and floor covering industry in Dalton is one of the most concentrated manufacturing sectors in the United States, originating from a single woman — Catherine Evans Whitener — who made a tufted bedspread for a friend in 1895 and sparked an entire regional industry), home of Dalton State College (a significant northwest Georgia community college), a diverse Whitfield County community with a significant Mexican-American and Latino-American population (Dalton has one of the highest concentrations of Mexican-American residents in Georgia — the carpet industry attracted massive Mexican immigrant labor from the 1990s onward), and a major northwest Georgia industrial hub — draws its municipal water supply from the Conasauga River via Dalton Utilities. Water hardness in Dalton measures 91.5 mg/L — classified as moderately soft.

Dalton's moderate softness reflects the Conasauga River Valley and Ridge Province geology and Dalton Utilities' effective treatment. The Conasauga River at Dalton–Whitfield County drains: the Ordovician Knox Dolomite (highly calcareous dolomite of the northwest Georgia Valley and Ridge); and the Cambrian Rome Formation (calcareous-moderate shale and limestone). Dalton Utilities applies effective treatment, producing the moderate 91.5 mg/L.

With hardness at 91.5 mg/L, Dalton residents enjoy moderately soft water. Dalton Utilities consistently delivers water meeting all Georgia EPD and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.