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Water hardness in Chester

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

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.

Chester Water Dept.

WV3301504 · Surface water · 3,220 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
0.0032 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

21% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (28)
Imported violation history for Chester Water Dept.
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeResolvedDec 16, 2023 to Dec 20, 2023
Stage 1 Disinfectants and Disinfection Byproducts RuleHealth-basedResolvedNov 1, 2023 to Jul 9, 2025
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022
TTHMResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022
CARBON, TOTALResolvedApr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021
1,2,4-TrichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Xylenes, TotalResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
DICHLOROMETHANEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
p-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
trans-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2-DichloropropaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TetrachloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
BenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TolueneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
CHLOROBENZENEResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,2-DichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
cis-1,2-DichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
EthylbenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TrichloroethyleneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Vinyl chlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1,2-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
o-DichlorobenzeneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
1,1,1-TrichloroethaneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
StyreneResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Carbon tetrachlorideResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2019
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2018

City summary

What the indexed records say

Chester has 1 published ZIP profile across Hancock County. The regional-evidence median is 117 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 hard1 ZIP
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
2.4 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 1Moderate: 0Low: 0

Observation window: Mar 14, 2023 to Sep 25, 2025.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Chester

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

26034

Moderately Hard

117 PPM

Nearest site
2.4 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 Chester

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.