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Water hardness in Mason

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

Mason Water Dept

WV3302708 · Groundwater · 1,679 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
0.0053 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

35% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (29)
Imported violation history for Mason Water Dept
RuleStatusPeriod
Public NoticeUnaddressedNov 15, 2025
Groundwater RuleArchivedOct 1, 2025 to Oct 31, 2025
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedOct 1, 2025
Public NoticeUnaddressedAug 14, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedJul 1, 2025 to Jul 24, 2025
Public NoticeUnaddressedJun 15, 2025
ChlorineResolvedApr 1, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025
NitrateArchivedApr 1, 2025 to Jun 30, 2025
ChlorineResolvedMar 1, 2025 to Mar 31, 2025
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2024
NitrateResolvedJul 1, 2024 to Sep 30, 2024
ChlorineResolvedApr 1, 2024 to Apr 30, 2024
NitrateResolvedApr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Public NoticeResolvedAug 13, 2023 to Dec 6, 2023
NitrateResolvedApr 1, 2023 to Jun 30, 2023
Public NoticeResolvedMar 16, 2023 to Dec 6, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedJan 1, 2023
Lead and Copper RuleUnaddressedSep 29, 2022
Public NoticeResolvedMay 15, 2022 to Mar 21, 2022
NitrateResolvedApr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022
Revised Total Coliform RuleResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Jan 31, 2022
ChlorineResolvedJan 1, 2022 to Mar 31, 2022
NitrateResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
Groundwater RuleResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2021
NitrateResolvedJan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021
Public NoticeUnaddressedJan 30, 2011
Public NoticeUnaddressedJan 30, 2011
Public NoticeUnaddressedJan 29, 2011
Public NoticeUnaddressedJan 29, 2011

City summary

What the indexed records say

Mason has 1 published ZIP profile across Mason County. The regional-evidence median is 233 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

Soft0 ZIPs
Moderately hard0 ZIPs
Hard0 ZIPs
Very hard1 ZIP

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
12.6 miles
Profiles with evidence
1/1

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 1

Observation window: Jul 22, 2019 to Jul 23, 2019.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Mason

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

25260

Very Hard

232.5 PPM

Nearest site
12.6 mi
Confidence
Low

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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 Mason

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.