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Water hardness in Parkersburg

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

Utility-reported hardness

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State comparison
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Evidence comparison rank
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Matched utilities
3
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.

Parkersburg Utility Board

WV3305407 · Groundwater influenced by surface water · 34,251 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
0.0016 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

11% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (6)
Imported violation history for Parkersburg Utility Board
RuleStatusPeriod
Consumer Confidence RuleResolvedOct 1, 2024 to Sep 24, 2024
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedOct 29, 2023 to Aug 4, 2023
Groundwater RuleHealth-basedResolvedOct 29, 2023 to Aug 4, 2023
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ArchivedSep 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021
TTHMArchivedSep 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021
Consumer Confidence RuleUnaddressedJul 1, 2017

Claywood Park Psd

WV3305402 · Surface water · 8,141 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
0.0012 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

8% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (3)
Imported violation history for Claywood Park Psd
RuleStatusPeriod
CARBON, TOTALResolvedOct 1, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
TTHMResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Nov 30, 2021

Central Boaz Psd

WV3305401 · Groundwater · 1,628 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
0.0026 mg/L
Action level
0.015 mg/L

17% of the listed benchmark

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

Violation history (2)
Imported violation history for Central Boaz Psd
RuleStatusPeriod
TTHMResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)ResolvedSep 1, 2021 to Aug 31, 2022

City summary

What the indexed records say

Parkersburg has 2 published ZIP profiles across Wood County. The regional-evidence median is 183 PPM. The city does not meet the stricter comparison standard.

The 179.5–185.5 PPM range shows how much the available ZIP estimates vary within the city label. 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
Hard1 ZIP
Very hard1 ZIP

2 of 2 ZIP profiles have a hardness estimate. Bars count ZIP profiles, not households or laboratory samples.

Evidence quality

Distance, dates, and confidence

Median nearest distance
12.2 miles
Profiles with evidence
2/2

Confidence labels

High: 0Moderate: 0Low: 2

Observation window: Jun 20, 2018 to Sep 12, 2019.

ZIP directory

Water reports in Parkersburg

Open a ZIP for site-level provenance and measurements.

ZIP code

26101

Hard

179.5 PPM

Nearest site
12.2 mi
Confidence
Low

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ZIP code

26104

Very Hard

185.5 PPM

Nearest site
12.2 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 Parkersburg

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.