Utility-reported hardness
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Official source aggregationWater quality in Paw Paw, WV 25434
Regional hardness evidence, possible serving systems, EPA compliance history, and the measurements that are—and are not—available for Hampshire County.
Historical measurement record needs context
- Largest possible serving system
- Paw Paw Route 19 Psd
- Source water
- Surface water
- County
- Hampshire County
- Profile updated
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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What the current records say
EPA quarter 2026Q2
All possible systems
No active flag
0 active health-based records
Measurements by utility
Each result belongs to a specific system.
Utility match
2 systems
Serves 1,257 people system-wide
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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.
Paw Paw Route 19 Psd
WV3302518 · Surface water · 1,257 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0.0029 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
19% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2024
Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)
EPA SDWIS reported health-based violation
- Reported level
- 61 UG/L
- Maximum contaminant level
- 0.06 UG/L
101667% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Apr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024
Violation history (19)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5)Health-based | Resolved | Apr 1, 2024 to Jun 30, 2024 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2023 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Oct 1, 2022 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Oct 31, 2022 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 7, 2022 |
| Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5) | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 |
| TTHM | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Resolved | Jun 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Apr 1, 2022 to Jun 30, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Apr 1, 2021 to Apr 30, 2021 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Apr 1, 2021 to Jun 30, 2021 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Jan 1, 2021 to Mar 31, 2021 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Jan 1, 2021 to Jan 31, 2021 |
Paw Paw Water Works
WV3303308 · Surface water · 524 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
Find this utility’s official report →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
- Reported level
- 0.0019 mg/L
- Action level
- 0.015 mg/L
13% of the listed benchmark
Monitoring period: Jul 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025
Violation history (57)
| Rule | Status | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jan 1, 2026 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-based | Archived | Dec 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-based | Archived | Nov 1, 2025 to Nov 30, 2025 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2025 to Dec 8, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Sep 29, 2025 to Aug 12, 2025 |
| Surface Water Treatment Rule | Archived | Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Sep 1, 2025 to Sep 30, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 14, 2025 to Jun 18, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 14, 2025 to Jun 18, 2025 |
| 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Xylenes, Total | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| DICHLOROMETHANE | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| o-Dichlorobenzene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| p-Dichlorobenzene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Vinyl chloride | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 1,1-Dichloroethylene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 1,1,1-Trichloroethane | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Carbon tetrachloride | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 1,2-Dichloropropane | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Trichloroethylene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 1,1,2-Trichloroethane | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Tetrachloroethylene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| CHLOROBENZENE | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Ethylbenzene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Toluene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jan 1, 2025 |
| cis-1,2-Dichloroethylene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Benzene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| 1,2-Dichloroethane | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Styrene | Archived | Jan 1, 2025 to Dec 31, 2025 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Dec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Interim Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-based | Resolved | Dec 1, 2024 to Dec 31, 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Resolved | Sep 29, 2024 to Jul 17, 2024 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2024 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 16, 2024 to Jun 18, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 16, 2024 to Jun 18, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 16, 2024 to Jun 18, 2025 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 16, 2024 to Jun 18, 2025 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Oct 1, 2023 to Dec 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Oct 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2023 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Dec 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
| CARBON, TOTAL | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Oct 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
| Revised Total Coliform Rule | Resolved | Sep 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 |
| Chlorine | Resolved | Jul 1, 2022 to Sep 30, 2022 |
| Chromium | Resolved | Jan 1, 2022 to Dec 31, 2022 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Aug 14, 2021 to Aug 17, 2021 |
| Long Term 2 Enhanced Surface Water Treatment RuleHealth-based | Resolved | May 12, 2021 to Dec 4, 2023 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Apr 15, 2021 to Jun 28, 2021 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Apr 15, 2021 to Jun 28, 2021 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Apr 15, 2021 to Jun 28, 2021 |
| Public Notice | Resolved | Feb 14, 2021 to Jun 28, 2021 |
| Consumer Confidence Rule | Unaddressed | Jul 1, 2019 |
| Lead and Copper Rule | Unaddressed | Jan 1, 2019 |
Hardness meter
What does nearby environmental evidence show?
105
PPM as CaCO₃
Moderately Hard
PPM
105
GPG
6.1
Regional environmental evidence
USGS hardness classification scale
105 PPM
Soft
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
0–60Moderate
61–120Hard
121–180Very hard
181+
Parts per million
105
mg/L as CaCO₃ equivalent
Grains per gallon
6.1
1 GPG ≈ 17.1 PPM
How to use regional evidence
These samples describe nearby environmental water. They cannot establish whether your tap water is soft or hard. Use a utility result or a tap test for appliance settings and treatment sizing.
USGS sites used
3
Nearest site
6.9 mi
Observation range
Sep 15, 2020–Aug 25, 2022
Regional evidence confidence
Moderate
Median of the latest source-type-aligned hardness observation at each monitoring site within 25 miles. Nearest monitoring location: POTOMAC RIVER AT PAW PAW, WV (Stream).USGS source documentation ↗Evidence tier: Regional environmental evidence. This value is not used as proof of the serving utility's treated-water hardness.
Regional context
Is 25434 typical?
These comparisons use other indexed ZIP estimates, not utility tap samples. They help show local context without replacing a household test.
Paw Paw median
105 PPM
About the same1 indexed ZIP readings · Range 105–105 PPM
West Virginia median
141 PPM
36 PPM lower169 indexed ZIP readings · Range 17.8–414 PPM
Evidence-first next steps
Confirm the problem before choosing treatment
This profile can help you ask the right question. It cannot select equipment for a property without a current result from the serving utility or the tap.
Confirm the serving system
ZIP boundaries and utility service areas do not perfectly match. Verify the system on a water bill before relying on system-wide records.
Read the current utility report
Use the current Consumer Confidence Report for treated-water results and official notices.
Find an official utility report →Test for the decision you face
Use a tap hardness test before sizing a softener. For health concerns, use a certified laboratory and the correct sampling protocol.
Convert your hardness test result →Frequently asked
Water questions for Paw Paw
Is tap water safe in Paw Paw?+
EPA ECHO shows no active health-based violation for the associated systems in this reporting snapshot. This does not prove every contaminant is absent; federal records can lag and household plumbing can change tap conditions.
How hard is the water?+
Utility-reported hardness is unavailable in this index. Regional samples do not establish tap-water hardness. Ask your provider or test your tap.
Do I need a water softener?+
Confirm hardness at your tap and consider actual scale or spotting before choosing treatment. Regional environmental values cannot determine whether you need a softener. A softener addresses hardness, not every contaminant.