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Water hardness in Waterford

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

Utility-reported hardness

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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
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Active health records
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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.

Waterford Municipal Authority

PA6250065 · Groundwater · 1,700 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
0.0011 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

7% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 1996 to Dec 31, 1996

Violation history (29)
Imported violation history for Waterford Municipal Authority
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedOct 1, 2025 to Nov 26, 2025
ChlorineResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
Groundwater RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Jul 31, 2025
ChlorineResolvedApr 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025
Groundwater RuleResolvedApr 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025
Public NoticeResolvedMar 11, 2025 to May 15, 2025
ChlorineResolvedSep 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedSep 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedMay 1, 2024 to May 31, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedFeb 1, 2024 to Feb 29, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedJan 1, 2024 to Jan 31, 2024
Groundwater RuleResolvedAug 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023
ChlorineResolvedAug 1, 2023 to Aug 31, 2023
Groundwater RuleResolvedMay 1, 2023 to May 31, 2023
ChlorineResolvedMar 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Groundwater RuleResolvedMar 1, 2023 to Mar 31, 2023
Groundwater RuleResolvedFeb 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2023
ChlorineResolvedFeb 1, 2023 to Feb 28, 2023
Groundwater RuleResolvedSep 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
ChlorineResolvedSep 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022
Groundwater RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
ChlorineResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
Groundwater RuleResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Oct 31, 2021
Groundwater RuleResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
ChlorineResolvedAug 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2021
Public NoticeResolvedApr 13, 2021 to Dec 22, 2021
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Apr 30, 2021
Groundwater RuleResolvedFeb 1, 2021 to Feb 28, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Waterford has 1 published ZIP profile across Erie County. The regional-evidence median is 158 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 hard0 ZIPs
Hard1 ZIP
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
5.2 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Nov 29, 2016 to Apr 22, 2026.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Waterford

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

16441

Hard

158 PPM

Nearest site
5.2 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 Waterford

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.