Brigham City Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Brigham City, Utah, in Box Elder County — the Box Elder County seat adjacent to Perry and Willard, in the northern Wasatch Front corridor between the Great Salt Lake and the Wasatch Range, a historic community at the base of the Box Elder Canyon — receives its municipal water from the Brigham City Water Division, drawing from Box Elder Canyon springs in the Wasatch Range and possibly from the Bear River or Wasatch Front groundwater.

The moderately hard 173 mg/L hardness and TDS of 382.3 mg/L reflect the Wasatch Front carbonate-influenced supply at Box Elder. The Box Elder Canyon drainage accesses the Cambrian-Ordovician carbonate stratigraphy of the Wasatch Range — the Cambrian Tintic Quartzite (insoluble), the Cambrian Ophir Shale (calcareous), the Ordovician Swan Peak Formation, and the Devonian Guilmette Formation (dolostone) — contributing the moderate hardness characteristic of the northern Utah Wasatch Front springs. The Great Salt Lake Basin evaporite soils also contribute elevated TDS to the alluvial groundwater.

At 173 mg/L, Brigham City's water is moderately hard — scale builds in kettles and appliances over months, dishwashers benefit from rinse aid, and faucet aerators need periodic cleaning. Quarterly descaling is appropriate. The PFAS level of 2.4 ppt is very good — the Box Elder County rural character and the protected Wasatch Canyon springs limit the PFAS exposure, producing one of the cleaner Utah Wasatch Front municipal supplies.