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Around Albion the drilling is short and the water comes slowly. Albion has some of the shallowest wells in Erie County, 15th of 16 towns by median depth, yet a quarter of the 519 logs that record a yield show 3 gallons a minute or less. On wells like these, the pump and the storage behind it matter more than the footage.
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Whether you’re on a private well or city water, the same crew handles the water source, the pressure, and what comes out of the tap.
The borough system pumps from eight wells, and EPA lists greensand filtration for iron and manganese, chlorine before and after, and a polyphosphate corrosion inhibitor. On a private well, a water test shows whether a FerronX Iron System or a LuxSoft softener is worth adding.
Chadakoin Formation siltstone, shale and sandstone is the rock mapped under the town. A quarter of the 274 logs that note rock reached it by 14 feet, so casing, which usually runs down to rock, is short on many lots, and three in four holes stop by 74 feet.
Yields are low: a median of 6 gallons a minute, and only a quarter of logs reach 10. A pump rated above what the well gives back draws it down, so the pump is sized to a flow test and backed by a generous pressure tank.
WELLS AROUND ALBION
The 572 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Albion, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 45–74 ft
middle half 3–10 gpm
middle half 14–42 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
Within 5 miles, only a quarter of the logs that record a yield reach 10 gallons a minute, and a quarter give 3 or less. That is enough for a household when the pump and tank are set up for it, and a steady source of trouble when they aren't.
That calls for a submersible pump matched to the tested flow rather than to the size of the house, set with water above it, and a pressure tank sized so the pump starts less often and runs longer each time. An older well that has slowed is worth a look before anything is replaced. Well cleaning can recover some lost flow, and a new hole is the fallback.
Albion Borough draws groundwater from eight active wells and lists two treatment plants, Pont and Gage. EPA lists chlorine added before and after treatment, greensand filtration that takes out iron and manganese, and a polyphosphate inhibitor that protects pipes. It also lists 4-log treatment of viruses, which means nearly all of them are killed or removed. Homes on the borough line get their water report from the borough.
For lead, EPA records the 90th percentile as 0 mg/L for the rounds ending 2016 and 2019 and 0.00079 mg/L for 2022 and 2025, each under the 0.015 action level. That result comes from taps across town, and yours can differ. If a home test finds lead, reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is the usual answer. Homes on private wells nearby can start with a water test.
WATER IN ERIE COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Erie County, taken 1927–2023, 68% of wells were hard or very hard, 33% carried iron above the staining line, 83% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Erie County page; your own well gets its own test.
WHY ALBION CHOOSES CHATFIELD
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We send the same crews to each of these towns. If you’re between towns, pick the closest one; the service doesn’t change.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Our Greenville office (854 Mercer Rd., Greenville, PA 16125) is about 71 minutes and 43 miles by road from Albion. Service calls for Albion are scheduled from there.
Albion and the municipalities around it: Cranesville, Conneaut Township, Elk Creek Township, Platea, Springboro, Spring Township, Springfield Township, Girard Township, Beaver Township, Girard. Beyond those, the rest of the 16 Erie County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 572 domestic wells within 5 miles of Albion: the median is 55 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 45 and 74 feet. The median well was logged at 6 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 22 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
EPA lists eight active wells on the system: three named for Pont (No 1 West, No 2 East and No 3 South), plus five it calls I 84, Al 3, Sp 98, Gr 96 and Sr 18. Its listed facilities are the Pont and Gage treatment plants and a tank booster station, serving 775 connections.
Not reliably. The log summaries here give depth and yield separately, not how one changes with the other, and they show wells that mostly stop by 74 feet with a median yield of 6 gallons a minute. Whether to deepen a slow well is decided from its own log and a flow test. Sometimes a new hole in another spot is the better bet.
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