Rome Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Rome, Georgia, the Floyd County seat — a major northwest Georgia city in the Ridge and Valley province (Rome is unique among Georgia cities in having three rivers: the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers meet in Rome to form the Coosa River), the 'City of Seven Hills' (Rome, Georgia shares the seven hills designation with Rome, Italy — a geographic coincidence noted in the city's history), home of Berry College (the world's largest college campus in terms of land area — Berry College's campus covers nearly 27,000 acres in Floyd County), a diverse Floyd County community with a significant Hispanic-American and Latino-American workforce, and a northwest Georgia community with historic railroad and textile industry roots — draws its municipal water supply from the Etowah and Oostanaula Rivers via the Rome-Floyd County Water and Sewer Division. Water hardness in Rome measures 118 mg/L — classified as moderately hard.

Rome's moderate hardness reflects the northwest Georgia Ridge and Valley Province's calcareous Paleozoic carbonate geology. The Etowah River at Rome drains: the Cambrian–Ordovician Knox Dolomite (highly calcareous dolomite of the Valley and Ridge Province — the Rome-Floyd County calcareous Ordovician carbonate); the Rome Formation (calcareous Cambrian shale and limestone of the northwest Georgia Valley and Ridge); and the Conasauga Group (calcareous Cambrian limestone and shale). Rome-Floyd treatment produces the moderate 118 mg/L.

At 118 mg/L, Rome residents encounter moderate scale accumulation. Monthly cleaning with citric acid solution is recommended. Rome-Floyd County Water and Sewer Division consistently delivers water meeting all Georgia EPD and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.