Livingston Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Livingston, New Jersey, in Essex County — a major northeast New Jersey Newark suburban community (Livingston is a significant Essex County township — a northwest Newark suburb with one of the most distinguished public school systems in New Jersey (Livingston High School consistently ranks among the top public high schools in New Jersey and the United States); Livingston is one of the most affluent and educationally oriented suburbs in the Newark metro, known for its high-achieving Jewish-American community (Livingston is one of the most predominantly Jewish-American communities in New Jersey — the community's synagogues, Jewish day schools, and cultural organizations have been central to Livingston's identity for generations)), home of major commercial development along the Eisenhower Parkway corridor (one of the most significant northeast Essex County corporate office and retail corridors), a diverse Essex County community with a primarily upper-middle-class, Jewish-American, and South Asian-American professional population, adjacent to South Orange and West Orange in the northeast Essex County corridor, and one of the most educationally distinguished New Jersey suburbs — draws its municipal water supply via the New Jersey American Water Company. Water hardness in Livingston measures 181.5 mg/L — classified as hard.

Livingston's hard supply reflects the northeast NJ Essex County Newark Basin supply's calcareous-moderate character. The New Jersey American Water distributes reservoir supply to the northeast Essex County Livingston zone with limited softening, producing the hard 181.5 mg/L.

At 181.5 mg/L, Livingston residents face regular hard water challenges. Monthly descaling and water softeners are recommended. New Jersey American Water consistently delivers water meeting all New Jersey DEP and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.