City water profile

Water hardness in Southport

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Southport, New York.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison: Unavailable
Evidence comparison rank: —
Matched utilities: 1
Active health records: 0

Your tap water

What does the utility report?

Match the utility name to your water bill. These results describe the utility’s water, not a test at your home. A ZIP can include several water systems.

Utility hardness unavailable in this index

Nearby river or groundwater samples cannot tell us the hardness coming out of your tap. Ask your water provider for total hardness as CaCO₃, or test it at home.

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Your utility’s measurements and compliance records

These are possible serving systems. A record for one system does not apply to every home in this ZIP. Confirm your provider before interpreting a measurement or notice. Federal records can lag current utility notices.

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

Elmira Water Board

NY0701008 · Surface water · 54,000 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 (1)

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: 0.0011 mg/L
Action level: 0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (22)

Imported violation history for Elmira Water Board
Rule	Status	Period
cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
DICHLOROMETHANE	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
1,1-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
1,1,1-Trichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Carbon tetrachloride	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
1,2-Dichloropropane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Trichloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Benzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Toluene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Mercury	Archived	Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025
Vinyl chloride	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
CHLOROBENZENE	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
o-Dichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Styrene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
p-Dichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
1,2-Dichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Tetrachloroethylene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
1,1,2-Trichloroethane	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Ethylbenzene	Resolved	Jan 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform Rule	Resolved	Feb 1, 2022 to Feb 28, 2022

City summary

What the indexed records say

Southport has 2 published ZIP profiles across Chemung County. The regional-evidence median is 114 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 112–115 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs

Moderately hard2 ZIPs

Hard0 ZIPs

Very hard0 ZIPs

2 of 2 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance: 6 miles
Profiles with evidence: 2/2

Confidence labels

High: 2Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Aug 1, 2016 to Sep 17, 2025.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Southport

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ZIP code

14871

Moderately Hard

112 PPM

Nearest site: 1.6 mi
Confidence: High

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ZIP code

14904

Moderately Hard

115 PPM

Nearest site: 6 mi
Confidence: High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
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 Southport

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.