Hunts Point Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Hunts Point, The Bronx, New York — a major south Bronx industrial and residential neighborhood (Hunts Point is a significant Bronx neighborhood — a south Bronx community on the Hunts Point peninsula in the East River; Hunts Point is one of the most important food distribution centers in the world — the Hunts Point Market (officially the New York City Terminal Market — one of the largest wholesale food distribution centers on earth, handling an enormous proportion of New York City's food supply including the Hunts Point Produce Market (the largest produce market in the United States by volume) and the Hunts Point Meat Market)); Hunts Point is one of the historically most economically distressed neighborhoods in New York City, with some of the highest poverty rates in the Bronx and the city; Hunts Point has been the subject of significant environmental justice advocacy (the concentration of industrial facilities, truck traffic, and waste treatment facilities in Hunts Point has been a major environmental justice issue for the predominantly Latino-American and low-income community), a diverse Bronx County community with a primarily Puerto Rican-American and working-class population — draws its municipal water supply via the NYC DEP. Water hardness in Hunts Point measures 81 mg/L — classified as moderately soft.

Hunts Point's moderate softness reflects the south Bronx NYC DEP distribution characteristics. The NYC DEP distributes Catskill–Delaware supply to the south Bronx zone, producing the moderately soft 81 mg/L.

With hardness at 81 mg/L, Hunts Point residents enjoy moderately soft water. NYC DEP consistently delivers water meeting all New York State DEC and EPA Safe Drinking Water Act requirements.