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Water hardness in Altoona

Find official utility reports, understand hardness, and check the water system serving your home in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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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.

Altoona Water Authority

PA4070023 · Surface water · 62,500 people served system-wide

A municipal system, in-state city, and served county all agree with this Census 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
0.0029 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

19% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jun 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025

Violation history (22)
Imported violation history for Altoona Water Authority
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeUnaddressedMay 4, 2026
Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-basedArchivedMar 1, 2026 to Mar 31, 2026
Public NoticeResolvedSep 23, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedSep 23, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-basedResolvedAug 13, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleHealth-basedResolvedAug 13, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedAug 13, 2025 to Oct 10, 2025
BromateResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
BromateResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
CARBON, TOTALResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
BromateResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
BromateResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
BromateResolvedJan 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
CARBON, TOTALResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Mar 31, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
CARBON, TOTALResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedSep 1, 2023 to Sep 30, 2023
Thallium, TotalResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
TTHMResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
CARBON, TOTALResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Thallium, TotalResolvedJul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022

City summary

What the indexed records say

Altoona has 2 published ZIP profiles across Blair County. The regional-evidence median is 53 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 53.4–53.4 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft2 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 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
8.4 miles
Profiles with evidence
2/2

Confidence labels

High: 2Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Dec 12, 2016 to Sep 9, 2025.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Altoona

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

16601

Soft

53.4 PPM

Nearest site
8.4 mi
Confidence
High

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ZIP code

16602

Soft

53.4 PPM

Nearest site
4.1 mi
Confidence
High

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Practical next steps

Move from index to evidence

  1. 1. Open your ZIP. Check distance, dates, confidence, and the associated utility.
  2. 2. Read the current CCR. Confirm source water, detections, limits, ranges, and notices.
  3. 3. Use a measured hardness result. Confirm health concerns or treatment sizing with the right method.

Questions people ask

About water in Altoona

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.