City water profile

Water hardness in Hancock

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Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 3
Active health records: 0

Your tap water

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Utility hardness unavailable in this index

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

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EPA snapshot: 2026Q2. Historical window begins Jan 1, 2021.

Hancock Village

NY1200266 · Groundwater · 1,182 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.003 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

20% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 2.3 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

177% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015

Violation history (15)

Imported violation history for Hancock Village
Rule	Status	Period
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Archived	Jan 1, 2026 to Jan 31, 2026
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Archived	Dec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Archived	Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Oct 1, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Sep 2, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Archived	Aug 1, 2025 to Aug 31, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Jul 1, 2025
Radium-228	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Radium-226	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Combined Uranium	Archived	Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Lead and Copper Rule	Unaddressed	Oct 1, 2024
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021

East Branch Valley Water District

NY1200259 · Groundwater · 160 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.001 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 2.6 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

200% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2020 to Jun 30, 2020

Violation history (43)

Imported violation history for East Branch Valley Water District
Rule	Status	Period
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Sep 2, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS	Resolved	Oct 17, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Jul 1, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 13, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Nov 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021
Combined Radium (-226 and -228)	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Radium-226	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Endrin	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Methoxychlor	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Toxaphene	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Simazine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Picloram	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Hexachlorocyclopentadiene	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Aldicarb sulfoxide	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Aldicarb sulfone	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Carbofuran	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Aldicarb	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Heptachlor	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Heptachlor epoxide	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
2,4-D	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
2,4,5-TP	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Pentachlorophenol	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Total Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB)	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
ETHYLENE DIBROMIDE	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Chlordane	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Jul 31, 2021
Atrazine	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Combined Uranium	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
OXAMYL	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
HEXACHLOROBENZENE	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Benzo(a)pyrene	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
BHC-GAMMA	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Mar 15, 2022
Radium-228	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Dinoseb	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Di(2-ethylhexyl) adipate	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
LASSO	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
Dalapon	Resolved	Jul 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
TTHM	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Mar 15, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

Fishs Eddy Community Water Sup

NY1200260 · Groundwater · 150 people served system-wide

The system names this served city; Census place overlap links the city to this ZCTA.

No active health-based record in this imported snapshot

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Measurements (2)

An action level is a regulatory trigger, not a pass/fail health boundary. A reported zero is the value in the source record and does not establish that lead is absent at your tap.

Lead (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Below action level

Reported level: 0.0028 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

19% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2023

Copper (90th percentile)

EPA SDWIS Lead and Copper Rule samples

Above action level

Reported level: 1.85 mg/L
Action level: 1.3 mg/L

142% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2004 to Dec 31, 2006

Violation history (29)

Imported violation history for Fishs Eddy Community Water Sup
Rule	Status	Period
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Sep 2, 2025
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Jul 1, 2025
LEAD AND COPPER RULE REVISIONS	Resolved	Oct 17, 2024 to Mar 27, 2025
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Jul 1, 2024
Consumer Confidence Rule	Unaddressed	Jan 1, 2024
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
DICHLOROMETHANE	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
p-Dichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Vinyl chloride	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2-Dichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Ethylbenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Styrene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Consumer Confidence Rule	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Mar 13, 2023
1,2-Dichloropropane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Tetrachloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Toluene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Trichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Benzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
o-Dichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
CHLOROBENZENE	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Carbon tetrachloride	Resolved	Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Mar 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
Nitrate	Resolved	Jan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Hancock has 1 published ZIP profile across Delaware County. The regional-evidence median is 77 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

Because only one ZIP is represented, the city median and range are the same local estimate. It should not be read as multiple independent samples across the community.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard1 ZIP

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

1 of 1 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: 3.8 miles
Profiles with evidence: 1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Jul 24, 2017 to Apr 21, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Hancock

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ZIP code

13783

Moderately Hard

76.8 PPM

Nearest site: 3.8 mi
Confidence: High

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Practical next steps

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3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

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Questions people ask

About water in Hancock

Is the water hard?

Check the utility-reported result above when available. Nearby environmental samples cannot establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.

Is the tap water safe?

Compliance history is utility-wide and cannot guarantee conditions at every tap. Check current notices and test when address-specific evidence is needed.

Do I need treatment?

Choose treatment only after confirming the problem at the property. A softener targets hardness; contaminant treatment requires a matching, verified performance claim.