WATER TREATMENT · 65 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Borough water in Cambridge Springs starts in French Creek and reaches the tap filtered, chlorinated and carrying a corrosion inhibitor. Homes on wells outside the borough do their own treatment, and that starts with a water test.
Serving our communities since 1967
USGS sampled Crawford County wells between 1928 and 2023. That shows what is common here, and your own water test sets the size of the system.
Schedule a water test- HardMedian 9.6 gpg; 77% of 35 wells hard or very hardThe softener
- Iron35% of 34 wells above 0.3 mg/L; median 0.11 mg/LThe iron system
- Manganese45% of 29 wells above 0.05 mg/LThe iron system
- pHMedian pH 7.8; 4% of 28 wells below 6.5Blue-green stains
- Town waterthe Cambridge Springs Borough public water system: about 2,363 people, surface water it treats itselfChlorine removal
- Not on recordBacteria, nitrate, PFAS, arsenicWater testing
- 35 wellsIn the USGS record for Crawford County. Each well counts once, as the median of its samples.
- 300 wellsDomestic wells on file within 5 miles of Cambridge Springs, a median 65 feet deep.
- 65 minFrom our Greenville office by road. Same crews, same drive, for the whole area.
- WHAT YOUR TEST ADDS
- Your well’s numbers, not the county’s
- Bacteria and nitrate, which the record never covers
- Which equipment your water needs, and in what order
WHAT WE INSTALL IN CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS
The Equipment Cambridge Springs
Water Tends to Need.
Chatfield Water Systems is one line, with one system per problem. Your water test decides which ones you need and in what order; the county record shows which are likely.
- HARD AT THE MEDIAN
Water softeners
77% of sampled Crawford County wells were hard or very hard, at a median of 9.6 grains per gallon. Your softener is sized to your own test.
EXPLORE - 35% OF WELLS ABOVE THE IRON LINE
Iron & manganese removal
35% of sampled wells were above 0.3 mg/L of iron and 45% above the manganese line. The FerronX goes in at the point of entry, ahead of the softener.
EXPLORE - ON TOWN WATER
Chlorine removal
Cambridge Springs’s public water is disinfected surface water, so the chlorine is still in it at the tap. The CityLux takes it out of the whole supply.
EXPLORE - FIRST, EVERY TIME
A water test
Every system above starts with a test of your well or your tap water, from our Greenville office, about 65 minutes from Cambridge Springs. What it finds decides which equipment you need and the order it goes in.
EXPLORE
WATER TREATMENT IN CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS
What Cambridge Springs Water Says,
and What We Do About It.
From French Creek to a borough tap
Cambridge Springs Borough draws surface water through a French Creek intake and treats it at one plant for a population of 2,363 on 713 service connections. The borough reports permanganate to take out iron and manganese, and coagulation, flocculation and sedimentation to gather particles and let them settle. Rapid sand filtration is listed too. Chlorine gas goes in after filtering, an orthophosphate inhibitor protects pipes from corrosion, and fluoride is added.
At a borough tap, that means two things. The water carries chlorine, which some households notice as a taste or smell, and a CityLux system removes it for the whole house. And iron and manganese are dealt with upstream, so if borough water still stains, a water test should find the cause before anyone guesses at equipment.
No lead rounds on the borough’s record
EPA’s lead table carries no 90th-percentile rounds for this system, so there is no borough figure to set against the 0.015 mg/L action level. The orthophosphate step means the plant adds a corrosion inhibitor. The service line and fixtures in one particular house are a separate question.
Even where a system does publish a figure, it describes taps across the town, and yours can differ. The way to know your own is a certified-lab test at the kitchen tap. If lead shows up, an Atlas Filtri Oasis Sanic reverse osmosis unit under the sink is the usual answer, since that is the water you drink and cook with. Contaminants lists what a lab panel can check.
Private wells over Venango Formation rock
Homes off the borough system draw from their own wells, and PaGWIS holds 300 well logs within 5 miles. The median well is 65 feet deep, with the middle half between 50 and 84 feet. Depth to bedrock has a median of 28 feet. Median yield is 11 gallons per minute, and the middle half runs from 6 to 20.
The rock is the Venango Formation: Late Devonian siltstone, conglomerate, sandstone and shale. None of that predicts one well’s chemistry, so treatment starts with a water test at the tap. Iron shows up as orange stains and goes to a FerronX Iron System. Hardness goes to a LuxSoft water softener. The Crawford County page shows how often each turned up in USGS samples.
The Crawford County record
USGS samples from Crawford County wells, taken 1928–2023: 77% of wells hard or very hard, 35% over the iron line, 4% below pH 6.5. The full record, measure by measure, is on the Crawford County water treatment page.
From our Greenville office
Cambridge Springs is about 65 minutes and 45 miles by road from our Greenville office, and the municipalities around it get the same crews and the same drive: Cambridge Township, Venango Township, Venango, Woodcock, Rockdale Township, Edinboro, Woodcock Township, Mill Village, Washington Township, Richmond Township. Nearby on the map:
- Venango, PA
- Woodcock, PA
- Edinboro, PA
- Mill Village, PA
- Saegertown, PA
- Blooming Valley, PA
- All of Crawford County
Source: Water quality: USGS National Water Information System results for Crawford County wells, served through the Water Quality Portal, sampled between 1928 and 2023, retrieved 2026-09-14. Each well counts once, as the median of its samples. The 0.3 mg/L iron and 0.05 mg/L manganese marks are EPA secondary standards, which are aesthetic limits, not health limits. Well depth: USGS groundwater site inventory for Crawford County, 2,318 wells with a recorded depth, retrieved 2026-09-14.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Cambridge Springs Questions.
Straight Answers.
Does Cambridge Springs borough water carry chlorine?
Yes. The borough’s plant adds chlorine gas after filtration, which disinfects the French Creek water on its way through the mains. If it bothers you, a CityLux system removes chlorine where the water enters the house, so every tap and shower gets filtered water.
My well near Cambridge Springs smells like rotten eggs. What treats that?
That smell is hydrogen sulfide. The CataPure Carbon System removes it, with chlorine or peroxide injection ahead of the carbon when the level is high enough to need it. A water test comes first, because it shows whether iron or hardness is in the water too, and that decides which equipment goes in and in what order.
Is a 65-foot well normal around Cambridge Springs?
It sits right in the middle. The median of 300 logs within 5 miles is 65 feet, and half of them fall between 50 and 84. Depth alone doesn’t decide what treatment a well needs, though. Two wells on the same road can test differently, so the test at your own tap is what sizes the equipment.
Do you test water in Cambridge Springs?
Yes. Chatfield’s water test and consultation cover Cambridge Springs from our Greenville office, about 65 minutes away by road. The test measures what is in your water and at what level, and any equipment it points to is quoted after the results.
Talk with the Chatfield team.
(724) 588-2652A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE GOES A LONG WAY
Know Your Water.
WATER PROBLEMSDo you have hard water?
The signs, the county hardness record, and how to confirm it.
WATER PROBLEMSOrange stains from your well water.
Read the stain, the county iron record, and what to note before you call.
WATER PROBLEMSBacteria in your water.
What a coliform result means, what to do now, and which treatment follows.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Better Water in Cambridge Springs
Starts with a Test.
Call or fill out the form to schedule your water test. We’ll come out from Greenville, measure what is in the water, and recommend the equipment that fits.