Taylors Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Taylors, South Carolina, in Greenville County — an unincorporated Greenville County community northeast of downtown Greenville, part of the rapidly growing Upstate South Carolina tech and manufacturing corridor anchored by BMW (Spartanburg), Michelin North America (Greenville), and the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport — receives its municipal water from the Greenville Water System, which draws from the North Saluda Reservoir or Lake Robinson impoundments in the upper Saluda-Tyger River watershed of the South Carolina Blue Ridge foothills.

The moderately soft 89 mg/L hardness and TDS of 169.9 mg/L reflect the upper Saluda watershed's Blue Ridge crystalline geology. The North Saluda Reservoir and Lake Robinson watersheds drain the Blue Ridge Escarpment of upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina — a region underlain by the Precambrian Henderson Gneiss (a Grenville-age Precambrian gneiss complex), the Brevard Fault Zone metamorphic rocks, and related Blue Ridge crystalline basement. These Precambrian crystalline rocks are low-carbonate terrain producing characteristically soft water. The moderately soft reading (89 mg/L) reflects some dissolved minerals from the crystalline soils and the relatively longer transit of the Saluda watershed through the Piedmont, slightly harder than pure Blue Ridge ridge-and-valley summit supplies.

At 89 mg/L, Taylors' water is moderately soft — comfortable for household use in upstate South Carolina. Scale forms slowly over many months, soap lathers well, and the dishwasher produces clean results. Semi-annual descaling of heating appliances is adequate. The PFAS level of 5.0 ppt warrants a certified drinking water filter — the Greenville metro's Michelin and BMW manufacturing plants, the broader Upstate South Carolina industrial growth corridor, and the upper Saluda-Tyger watershed's suburban and light industrial development all contribute to the Taylors community's PFAS background.