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Water hardness in Buckhannon

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

Utility-reported hardness

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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.

Buckhannon Water Board

WV3304902 · Surface water · 8,098 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
8.6e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

6% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Buckhannon Water Board
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2025
ArsenicArchivedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
CYANIDEArchivedJan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ArchivedMar 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021
TTHMArchivedMar 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021

Elkins Road Psd

WV3304909 · Surface water · 2,890 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
6.2e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

4% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (8)
Imported violation history for Elkins Road Psd
RuleStatusPeriod
TTHMArchivedOct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ArchivedOct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2024 to Mar 20, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2023
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2022
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2021
TTHMResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021

Mount Hope Water Assoc

WV3304905 · Surface water · 2,870 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
9.6e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

6% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Mount Hope Water Assoc
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeUnaddressedFeb 12, 2026
Public NoticeUnaddressedFeb 12, 2026
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedDec 30, 2025
TTHMArchivedOct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ArchivedOct 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024

Hodgesville Psd Rt 20

WV3304908 · Surface water · 2,161 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
4.6e-4 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

3% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (5)
Imported violation history for Hodgesville Psd Rt 20
RuleStatusPeriod
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
TTHMResolvedOct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2022
TTHMResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2020

Hodgesville Psd Lorentz System

WV3304912 · Surface water · 376 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 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for Hodgesville Psd Lorentz System
RuleStatusPeriod
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedJan 1, 2017
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedDec 30, 2013

Hodgesville Psd - Sauls Run

WV3304913 · Surface water · 151 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 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

0% 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 summary

What the indexed records say

Buckhannon has 1 published ZIP profile across Upshur County. The regional-evidence median is 31 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. At least one estimate is marked low confidence, so observation distance and date deserve extra attention.

Hardness distribution

How local ZIP estimates compare

Soft1 ZIP
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
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
19.8 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: Nov 3, 2020 to Nov 4, 2020.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Buckhannon

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 Buckhannon

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.