Water Softener Installation in Hobart, IN

Hobart is supplied by New Chicago Water Works, which draws surface water. That one fact does more to predict whether a softener is worth it here than anything a salesperson will ask you on the phone.

Where the water comes fromSurface water in Hobart

Water drawn from a river or reservoir picks up much less mineral than water pulled from a well, because it has not been sitting in rock. Surface systems tend to deliver softer water than ground water systems in the same county.

New Chicago Water Works serves 2,350 service connections. That is the system's own return to the EPA, as of the second quarter of 2026.

Source: US EPA, Safe Drinking Water Act data download, 2026 Q2.

What to do with thatGet your hardness figure

The annual water quality report from New Chicago Water Works carries the hardness figure. Get it first, because everything downstream depends on it. Whatever it reads in milligrams per liter, divide by seventeen before comparing it with anything a softener is rated at.

Then run the arithmetic: it tells you the capacity you need rather than the capacity you are offered. If your fixtures also stain orange, iron has to be settled first — oxidized iron clogs softener resin.

NearbyWhat other towns near Hobart draw

Source type is not uniform across a region. Four of the nearby towns we route are on ground water while Hobart is on surface, which is why a hardness figure borrowed from a neighbor is worth very little.

• Marysville Ground water · Marysville Otisco Nabb Water Corp.
• Carthage Ground water · Carthage Water Department
• Milroy Ground water · Anderson Township Regional Sewer Dist.
• Borden Surface water · Borden Tri-County Region
• Swayzee Ground water · Swayzee Water Utility

ZIP codes we route in Hobart

• 46342