WATER TREATMENT · 73 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Wells around Wellsville are drilled into rock that starts a median 5 feet down, and half yield 10 gallons a minute or less. Treatment here has to fit the well’s flow as much as the water’s chemistry.
Serving our communities since 1967
USGS sampled Columbiana County wells between 1986 and 2016. That shows what is common here, and your own water test sets the size of the system.
Schedule a water test- Very hardMedian 16.7 gpg; 86% of 14 wells hard or very hardThe softener
- Iron79% of 14 wells above 0.3 mg/L; median 0.58 mg/LThe iron system
- Manganese86% of 14 wells above 0.05 mg/LThe iron system
- pHMedian pH 7.1; 0% of 14 wells below 6.5Blue-green stains
- Not on recordBacteria, nitrate, PFAS, arsenicWater testing
- 14 wellsIn the USGS record for Columbiana County. Each well counts once, as the median of its samples.
- 477 wellsDomestic wells on file within 5 miles of Wellsville, a median 165 feet deep.
- 73 minFrom our Cortland 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 WELLSVILLE
The Equipment Wellsville
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.
- VERY HARD AT THE MEDIAN
Water softeners
86% of sampled Columbiana County wells were hard or very hard, at a median of 16.7 grains per gallon. Your softener is sized to your own test.
EXPLORE - 79% OF WELLS ABOVE THE IRON LINE
Iron & manganese removal
79% of sampled wells were above 0.3 mg/L of iron and 86% 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 Cortland office, about 73 minutes from Wellsville. What it finds decides which equipment you need and the order it goes in.
EXPLORE
WATER TREATMENT IN WELLSVILLE
What Wellsville Water Says,
and What We Do About It.
Sizing treatment to 10 gallons a minute
Yield is the first number to know on a Wellsville well. ODNR has 477 logs within 5 miles, and the 411 that record a yield show a median of 10 gallons a minute, a bottom quarter at 5 or less, and a top quarter at 20 or more. That spread matters because the equipment that removes iron and hardness cleans itself by backwashing, and backwash needs flow.
A FerronX Iron System or a LuxSoft softener has to be matched to what the well can deliver during that cycle, so check the flow before the chemistry. Where grit or cloudiness shows up, the Alluvium Sediment System goes first and keeps it out of everything downstream.
Rock at 5 feet, water at 85
The same logs describe the ground. Bedrock sits a median 5 feet below the surface, with the middle half between 3 and 12, so nearly the whole bore is in rock. The median well is 165 feet deep. Water stands far below the top: a median static level of 85 feet, and 125 feet or more in a quarter of wells. The rock mapped under the town is the Allegheny and Pottsville Groups: shale, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.
Thin soil gives rain and surface water less to pass through on the way down, so a bacteria test through a certified lab belongs on the list. A Luminor UV lamp, installed after filtration, handles bacteria if the result comes back positive.
Hardness and manganese in the county record
Homes on a public supply get their water report from the utility. For well chemistry, the guide on hand is the Columbiana County record from USGS. It puts median hardness at 16.7 grains per gallon, with 86 percent of sampled wells hard or very hard, and manganese over its 0.05 mg/L line in 86 percent as well.
Manganese leaves black or brown stains and can make water taste bitter; the FerronX takes it out along with iron. Hardness is next, and a LuxSoft softener sized to your test handles the scale. A water test gives your own numbers, since a county record summarizes sampled wells rather than reading yours.
The Columbiana County record
USGS samples from Columbiana County wells, taken 1986–2016: 86% of wells hard or very hard, 79% over the iron line, 0% below pH 6.5. The full record, measure by measure, is on the Columbiana County water treatment page.
From our Cortland office
Wellsville is about 73 minutes and 62 miles by road from our Cortland office, and the municipalities around it get the same crews and the same drive: Chester, East Liverpool, Irondale, Stratton, Empire, New Cumberland, Glasgow, Georgetown, Hookstown, Greene Township. Nearby on the map:
- East Liverpool, OH
- Calcutta, OH
- West Point, OH
- Salineville, OH
- Elkton, OH
- Rogers, OH
- All of Columbiana County
Source: Water quality: USGS National Water Information System results for Columbiana County wells, served through the Water Quality Portal, sampled between 1986 and 2016, 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: Ohio Department of Natural Resources well-log database, 9,424 domestic wells in Columbiana County with a recorded depth, logged between 1925 and 2026, retrieved 2026-09-14.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Wellsville Questions.
Straight Answers.
I’m on a public water line in Wellsville. Where do I find my water data?
From the utility. Public water systems publish an annual water quality report listing the water’s source and what testing found. For anything specific to your house, such as chlorine taste or hardness at your tap, a water test covers it, and a CityLux softens the water and removes chlorine and chloramine for the whole house if either is the issue.
Can a low-yield well near Wellsville run an iron filter and a softener?
Usually, if both are sized to the flow. Each unit backwashes or regenerates on a schedule, and on a well that gives 5 gallons a minute or less, those cycles have to fit what the well can supply. Knowing your yield before choosing equipment avoids a filter that can’t clean itself properly and a softener that runs the well short.
How often should a well here be tested?
Get the full picture once, test for bacteria every year, and test again whenever something changes: a new taste or smell, cloudy water after heavy rain, a repair to the well or pump, or a new baby in the house. Bacteria samples go to a certified lab; iron, manganese, hardness and pH can be checked on site. Call the Cortland office at (330) 828-6060.
Do you test water in Wellsville?
Yes. Chatfield’s water test and consultation cover Wellsville from our Cortland office, about 73 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 Wellsville
Starts with a Test.
Call or fill out the form to schedule your water test. We’ll come out from Cortland, measure what is in the water, and recommend the equipment that fits.