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Chicora’s borough water comes from the ground, as private wells do, and EPA lists a pressure sand filter at the borough’s plant for iron removal. Homes on their own wells don’t get that step, which makes iron worth testing for. Wells here are dependable for flow: three in four logs gave 12 gallons per minute or more.
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WHAT WE DO IN CHICORA
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.
Borough customers get water that EPA lists as filtered for iron, adjusted for pH to protect pipes, and chlorinated; their water report comes from the borough. On a private well, a test shows whether iron needs the same treatment at home, which is the FerronX Iron System’s job.
Wells here lean deep: Chicora shares seventh place among 21 Butler County towns by median depth, and a quarter of logged wells went past 225 feet. Three in four logs reached rock within 21 feet, so nearly all of that footage is in rock.
Yields hold up here: the median log gave 20 gallons per minute, and only a quarter fell below 12. That leaves room to size a submersible pump and pressure tank to the household’s demand once the new well’s own yield is measured.
WELLS AROUND CHICORA
The 323 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Chicora, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 109–225 ft
middle half 12–25 gpm
middle half 8–21 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
EPA’s record for Chicora Borough Water Supply lists three active sources, Spring #1, Well #5 and Well #6, plus Treatment Plant 301, with about 1,100 people served through 404 connections. At the plant, pressure sand filtration takes out iron, a pH adjustment controls corrosion, and chlorine disinfects the water. The record also shows 4-log treatment of viruses, a disinfection level that leaves almost none active. Customers get their water report from the borough.
The iron step is worth noting if you’re on a private well nearby: the borough draws groundwater and filters it for iron before delivery. Your own well may or may not need the same, and a water test settles it. If it does, the FerronX Iron System does at the house what the pressure filters do at the plant.
Among the 315 logs around Chicora that record yield, half gave 20 gallons per minute or more and three in four gave at least 12, while a quarter reached 25 or more. The weak end of the range is short, so a new well here has a good chance of carrying a household without special measures, though the pump is still chosen from its own yield test.
Geologic maps show the Glenshaw Formation at the town center, Pennsylvanian shale with coal, sandstone and limestone, and the logs put bedrock at a median 15 feet. Depth and footage drive what a new well costs, and a submersible pump is sized from the finished well’s yield, with a pressure tank chosen alongside it.
WATER IN BUTLER COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Butler County, taken 1926–1997, 68% of wells were hard or very hard, 56% carried iron above the staining line, 86% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Butler County page; your own well gets its own test.
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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 81 minutes and 57 miles by road from Chicora. Service calls for Chicora are scheduled from there.
Chicora and the municipalities around it: Donegal Township, Fairview Township, Karns City, Fairview, Petrolia, Oakland Township, Concord Township, Sugarcreek Township, Bradys Bend Township, Clearfield Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 21 Butler County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 323 domestic wells within 5 miles of Chicora: the median is 160 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 109 and 225 feet. The median well was logged at 20 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 15 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
It means the borough adjusts the water’s pH at the plant so it’s less likely to corrode pipes and fixtures, alongside its iron filter and chlorine. A private well gets no such step. In Butler County’s USGS samples, 13% of wells were below pH 6.5, so a test of your own well should include pH; a calcite neutralizer raises it if needed.
Yes. The tank holds water under pressure so the pump doesn’t start every time a tap opens, and fewer starts mean a longer pump life. With a median yield of 20 gallons per minute in the local logs, the pump can often be sized to the house, and a constant-pressure upgrade, which still uses a small tank, keeps pressure even as demand changes.
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WATER PROBLEMSIron and manganese in well water: what causes it and how a test confirms it.
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