WATER TREATMENT · 81 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Fairview’s District 3 water comes from seven wells, is chlorinated with chlorine gas and is treated by sequestration, which keeps iron and manganese dissolved instead of removing them. A test at your own tap shows what still comes through.
Serving our communities since 1967
USGS sampled Erie County wells between 1927 and 2023. That shows what is common here, and your own water test sets the size of the system.
Schedule a water test- HardMedian 8.2 gpg; 68% of 349 wells hard or very hardThe softener
- Iron33% of 251 wells above 0.3 mg/L; median 0.18 mg/LThe iron system
- Manganese83% of 42 wells above 0.05 mg/LThe iron system
- pHMedian pH 7.6; 4% of 208 wells below 6.5Blue-green stains
- Town waterFairview Township Water Authority Dist 3: about 3,320 people, its own wellsWater softeners
- Not on recordBacteria, nitrate, PFAS, arsenicWater testing
- 349 wellsIn the USGS record for Erie County. Each well counts once, as the median of its samples.
- 952 wellsDomestic wells on file within 5 miles of Fairview, a median 60 feet deep.
- 81 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 FAIRVIEW
The Equipment Fairview
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
68% of sampled Erie County wells were hard or very hard, at a median of 8.2 grains per gallon. Your softener is sized to your own test.
EXPLORE - 33% OF WELLS ABOVE THE IRON LINE
Iron & manganese removal
33% of sampled wells were above 0.3 mg/L of iron and 83% above the manganese line. The FerronX goes in at the point of entry, ahead of the softener.
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 81 minutes from Fairview. What it finds decides which equipment you need and the order it goes in.
EXPLORE
WATER TREATMENT IN FAIRVIEW
What Fairview Water Says,
and What We Do About It.
District 3: seven wells, two wellhouses
Fairview Township Water Authority’s District 3 is a groundwater system owned by local government, and the town center sits inside its service area on EPA’s map. It serves a population of about 3,320 through 934 connections. EPA lists seven active wells, numbered 1 through 7, and two treatment plants, Wellhouse #3 and Wellhouse #4.
Its record lists three steps. Two are filed under disinfection: chlorine gas added at the pre-treatment point, and 4-log treatment of viruses, a high level of virus kill. The third is sequestration for iron and manganese. Chlorine is the step you may taste or smell, and a CityLux system takes it out where the line enters the house; chlorine taste describes the signs.
Sequestration holds iron but doesn’t remove it
EPA files the District 3 sequestration step under iron and manganese removal, but sequestration takes neither metal out. It binds them so they stay in solution and tend to pass through the mains clear, rather than settling as rust or black specks. Whatever iron and manganese the wells carry can still reach your faucet, and the record doesn’t say how much that is.
If orange rings or dark marks build up on fixtures or laundry, the orange stains page explains what each color points to. A water test measures both metals at your tap. Where iron sits over the 0.3 mg/L line or manganese over 0.05 mg/L, a FerronX Iron System filters them out for the whole house.
What 952 nearby well logs record
For homes on private wells, PaGWIS, the DCNR well database, holds 952 logs within 5 miles of Fairview. The median well is 60 feet deep, with the middle half between 43 and 78. Depth to bedrock varies more: the 429 logs that note it put the median at 42 feet, but a quarter reached rock by 20 feet and another quarter not until 70 or deeper. Median yield is 10 gallons per minute, the middle half 5 to 20.
USGS samples found 83 percent of 42 Erie County wells over the manganese line, so manganese belongs on any well test. Yield matters to the equipment too: a backwashing filter cleans itself by reversing flow, so the well’s output goes into the sizing along with the water test results.
The Erie County record
USGS samples from Erie County wells, taken 1927–2023: 68% of wells hard or very hard, 33% over the iron line, 4% below pH 6.5. The full record, measure by measure, is on the Erie County water treatment page.
From our Greenville office
Fairview is about 81 minutes and 59 miles by road from our Greenville office, and the municipalities around it get the same crews and the same drive: Fairview Township, Girard, Girard Township, Lake City, McKean, Platea, McKean Township, Franklin Township, Elk Creek Township. Nearby on the map:
Source: Water quality: USGS National Water Information System results for Erie County wells, served through the Water Quality Portal, sampled between 1927 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 Erie County, 1,755 wells with a recorded depth, retrieved 2026-09-14.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Fairview Questions.
Straight Answers.
Has Fairview’s District 3 water tested over the lead action level?
None of the four rounds on EPA’s record did. They end in September of 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025, and each records the 90th-percentile lead figure as zero, against the 0.015 mg/L action level. That is a system-wide figure, and your service line and fixtures are your own. A certified-lab test gives your number, and an Atlas Filtri Oasis Sanic reverse osmosis unit at the sink is the usual answer if it finds lead.
Does the District 3 system soften its water?
Softening isn’t among the three steps EPA lists for it: chlorine gas, 4-log virus treatment and sequestration. The authority’s annual water quality report covers its own water. For your tap, a water test reads hardness in grains per gallon. If softening is called for, the CityLux handles it along with the chlorine, sized to that number and your household’s use.
Does the Girard Shale under Fairview decide what my well needs?
Not by itself. The Girard Shale, Late Devonian siltstone and shale, is mapped at the town center, not measured in each well. Treatment depends on what is in your water, so start with a test at the tap for iron, manganese and hardness, plus a certified-lab bacteria test. If coliform turns up, Luminor UV is a common answer, installed after the filters.
Do you test water in Fairview?
Yes. Chatfield’s water test and consultation cover Fairview from our Greenville office, about 81 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 Fairview
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.