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Water hardness in Chesapeake

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

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
6
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.

City Of Chesapeake - Northwest River Sys

VA3550051 · Surface water · 165,240 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, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

City Of Chesapeake - Western Branch Sys

VA3550050 · Surface water · 32,326 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
8.1e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

5% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

St. Brides Correctional Center

VA3550750 · Groundwater · 2,354 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
0.0032 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

21% 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
1.5 mg/L
Action level
1.3 mg/L

115% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2015 to Dec 31, 2017

Violation history (0)

No record returned in this imported window. This is not a guarantee of tap-water safety.

Naval Support Activity-Nw

VA3550620 · Groundwater · 1,400 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
0.003 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

20% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (1)
Imported violation history for Naval Support Activity-Nw
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedFeb 1, 2026 to Mar 19, 2026

Sunray Water Co., Inc.

VA3550800 · Groundwater · 60 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
0.0018 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

12% of the listed benchmark

Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2025

Violation history (4)
Imported violation history for Sunray Water Co., Inc.
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedNov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Sep 19, 2024
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedNov 1, 2023 to Nov 30, 2023
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedOct 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2023

Sunray Artesian Water Supply

VA3550775 · Groundwater · 45 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
0.0116 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

77% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (6)
Imported violation history for Sunray Artesian Water Supply
RuleStatusPeriod
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedSep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Nov 10, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMay 1, 2025 to May 31, 2025
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedMar 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleResolvedOct 1, 2024 to Aug 4, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2021 to Jul 16, 2021

City summary

What the indexed records say

Chesapeake has 6 published ZIP profiles across Chesapeake City County. No qualifying nearby hardness observation is available for the city.

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

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard0 ZIPs

0 of 6 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
— miles
Profiles with evidence
0/6

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: unavailable to unavailable.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Chesapeake

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

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 Chesapeake

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.