WATER TREATMENT · 26 MIN FROM OUR CORTLAND OFFICE
Youngstown buys its water already filtered from the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District. On EPA’s lead record for the city system, every round is recorded as zero except one: 0.0022 mg/L for the first half of 2024, under the 0.015 mg/L action level.
Serving our communities since 1967
USGS sampled Mahoning County wells between 1978 and 2001. That shows what is common here, and your own water test sets the size of the system.
Schedule a water test- HardMedian 10.2 gpg; 60% of 5 wells hard or very hardThe softener
- pHMedian pH 7.6; 0% of 7 wells below 6.5Blue-green stains
- Town waterthe Youngstown City public water system: about 130,530 people, treated surface water it buys from a neighboring systemChlorine removal
- Not on recordBacteria, nitrate, PFAS, arsenicWater testing
- 5 wellsIn the USGS record for Mahoning County. Each well counts once, as the median of its samples.
- 858 wellsDomestic wells on file within 5 miles of Youngstown, a median 102 feet deep.
- 26 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 YOUNGSTOWN
The Equipment Youngstown
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
60% of sampled Mahoning County wells were hard or very hard, at a median of 10.2 grains per gallon. Your softener is sized to your own test.
EXPLORE - ON TOWN WATER
Chlorine removal
Youngstown’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 Cortland office, about 26 minutes from Youngstown. What it finds decides which equipment you need and the order it goes in.
EXPLORE
WATER TREATMENT IN YOUNGSTOWN
What Youngstown Water Says,
and What We Do About It.
Filtered by the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District
Youngstown’s city water system (EPA ID OH5002303) is run by local government and serves 130,530 people through 52,603 connections, with 7 storage tanks. Its source is purchased surface water: the Mahoning Valley Sanitary District filters it and sells it to the city. EPA lists no treatment plant and no treatment steps for the city system itself.
For a homeowner, that leaves one practical question: which disinfectant is in the water. The utility’s water report answers it. The Chatfield system for either answer is a whole-home CityLux, built for chlorine and chloramine both. A water test at the tap then gives your own readings, hardness included.
Youngstown’s lead record through mid-2026
EPA’s table for the city runs from 2017 to the six months ending June 2026, yearly at first and twice a year from 2022. Every entry records the 90th percentile as 0 mg/L except the first half of 2024, at 0.0022 mg/L. The action level is 0.015 mg/L.
A system figure is built from sampled homes across the city. Your own tap depends on the service line and plumbing in your house, and those differ from one address to the next. If a home test finds lead, we’d recommend an Atlas Filtri Oasis Sanic reverse osmosis unit at the kitchen sink, which also handles nitrate, arsenic, PFAS and dissolved solids. The contaminants page covers PFAS and arsenic.
Wells and bedrock around Youngstown
ODNR logs within 5 miles show wells a median 102 feet deep, half of them between 80 and 133 feet, with rock at a median 25 feet and water standing a median 28 feet down. Median yield is 15 gallons a minute. The mapped bedrock is the Maxville Limestone with the Rushville, Logan and Cuyahoga Formations: Devonian to Mississippian shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate and limestone.
Mahoning County’s USGS samples put median hardness at 10.2 grains per gallon, a county-wide figure; your own test gives the number for your well. The same visit checks hard water alongside iron, pH and bacteria, and the results show whether a softener, an iron system or UV is needed at all.
The Mahoning County record
USGS samples from Mahoning County wells, taken 1978–2001: 60% of wells hard or very hard, 0% below pH 6.5. The full record, measure by measure, is on the Mahoning County water treatment page.
From our Cortland office
Youngstown is about 26 minutes and 19 miles by road from our Cortland office, and the municipalities around it get the same crews and the same drive: Campbell, Coitsville Township, Liberty Township, Struthers, Girard, Boardman Township, McDonald, Austintown Township, Hubbard, Poland. Nearby on the map:
Source: Water quality: USGS National Water Information System results for Mahoning County wells, served through the Water Quality Portal, sampled between 1978 and 2001, 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, 10,739 domestic wells in Mahoning County with a recorded depth, logged between 1935 and 2026, retrieved 2026-09-14.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Youngstown Questions.
Straight Answers.
Is Youngstown city water hard?
The EPA record behind this page gives no hardness figure for the city supply, so the useful answer is to measure it. A test at your tap reads hardness in grains per gallon. If the number warrants a softener, a LuxSoft is sized to it and to your household, and if it doesn’t, there’s nothing to buy.
Does the 2024 lead result mean my Youngstown tap has lead?
No single system result can say that. The 0.0022 mg/L figure was the 90th percentile across homes sampled in the first half of 2024, under the 0.015 mg/L action level, and the rounds since are recorded as zero. Your tap reflects your own plumbing, which only a home test measures.
What does a water test cover for a home on the city system?
Readings for your own house: the disinfectant level at your tap, hardness, and lead through a certified lab if you want it. We set the results next to the utility’s report at the consultation. To book, call the Cortland office at (330) 828-6060.
Do you test water in Youngstown?
Yes. Chatfield’s water test and consultation cover Youngstown from our Cortland office, about 26 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 Youngstown
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.