Clifton Park Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Clifton Park, New York, in Saratoga County — one of the fastest-growing towns in New York State (Clifton Park has been among the fastest-growing municipalities in New York — a major north Albany suburban community in the booming Capital Region), a primarily residential and planned suburban community with extensive development since the 1980s (the Clifton Park Center mall and Exit 9 interchange are major commercial centers), a diverse Saratoga County community with a significant Indian-American, South Asian-American, and Chinese-American technology and professional population, and a major Capital Region suburban community — draws its municipal water supply from the Saratoga aquifer and Mohawk River via the Clifton Park Water Authority. Water hardness in Clifton Park measures 153.5 mg/L — classified as moderately hard.

Clifton Park's moderate hardness reflects the Saratoga County Mohawk Valley–Saratoga carbonate belt geology. The Clifton Park Water Authority draws from: the Ordovician–Silurian Glens Falls Formation, Crown Point Formation, and Oriskany Sandstone (calcareous-moderate dolomite of the Mohawk Valley carbonate sequence); and the Wisconsin Age Hudson-Champlain Lobe calcareous glacial till of Saratoga County. Clifton Park Water Authority treatment produces the moderate 153.5 mg/L.

At 153.5 mg/L, Clifton Park residents encounter moderate-to-hard scale accumulation. Monthly cleaning with citric acid solution is recommended. Clifton Park Water Authority consistently delivers water meeting all New York State DEC and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.