LAWRENCE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA · 62 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Ellwood City sits inside Pennsylvania American Water’s Ellwood City system, which draws surface water from the Connoquenessing and the Beaver River and uses chloramine for disinfection. Around the city, private wells go deep for modest water, so a new one is planned around long footage in rock and a slow refill.
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WHAT WE DO IN ELLWOOD CITY
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.
On the utility’s supply, a CityLux whole-home system removes the chloramine it uses. On a private well, a water test shows what the water needs. The county’s USGS samples are mostly hard, 86% of 29 wells.
Bedrock is shallow, a median 16 feet across 630 logs and within 9 on a quarter of them. That usually means little casing and a long bore in rock. By median depth the city ranks second-deepest of 9 Lawrence County towns.
The 750 yield logs have a median of 10 gallons a minute and a lower quarter of 6. Wells at that low end often feed a storage tank between uses, with a booster pump to the house; the rest typically run a submersible and a generous pressure tank.
WELLS AROUND ELLWOOD CITY
The 777 domestic wells on file within 5 miles of Ellwood City, from the state’s drilling logs: your neighbors’ wells, and the best guide to this ground.
middle half 110–258 ft
middle half 6–20 gpm
middle half 9–30 ft
PaGWIS records
Source: PaGWIS (PA DCNR), domestic wells within 5 miles, retrieved 2026-09-30; older paper-record locations are approximate.
EPA lists two intakes for the system, the Connoquenessing and the Beaver River, and one treatment plant. It serves about 17,200 people through 8,718 connections. Particles are dealt with through coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation and rapid sand filtration. Powdered activated carbon and peroxide handle taste and odor, and permanganate and greensand take care of iron and manganese. Disinfection uses chlorine, chloramine and UV. An orthophosphate inhibitor and pH adjustment are added to protect pipes.
For a home on the system, the chloramine is the step to know about: it lasts longer in the pipes than chlorine, and a CityLux whole-home system removes both. Customers get their water report from the utility; on a well outside it, a water test is the starting point.
A home on a private well draws from its own bore, and 777 depth logs within 5 miles describe the wells drilled nearby. A quarter went past 258 feet, while rock turned up at a median 16 feet. Pottsville sandstone and conglomerate is what the geologic map shows at the town center. Most wells here are long bores in rock for modest water, and half the yield logs show 10 gallons a minute or less.
For a new well, the drilling cost page explains how that footage adds up, and the Greenville office handles PA DEP permit assistance. For an existing well that has lost pressure, a worn pressure switch or a waterlogged tank is worth ruling out before replacing the pump.
WATER IN LAWRENCE COUNTY
In USGS samples from across Lawrence County, taken 1928–2023, 86% of wells were hard or very hard, 79% carried iron above the staining line, 58% had manganese above 0.05 mg/L. The full record, and what it means for treatment, is on the Lawrence 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 62 minutes and 38 miles by road from Ellwood City. Service calls for Ellwood City are scheduled from there.
Ellwood City and the municipalities around it: Ellport, Wayne Township, Koppel, Wampum, North Sewickley Township, Homewood, New Beaver, Franklin Township, Big Beaver, Perry Township. Beyond those, the rest of the 9 Lawrence County communities on our service map, from the same office.
Pennsylvania’s groundwater database (PaGWIS) lists 777 domestic wells within 5 miles of Ellwood City: the median is 160 feet deep, and the middle half fall between 110 and 258 feet. The median well was logged at 10 gallons per minute. Drillers reached bedrock at a median of 16 feet. Your own well's depth depends on the ground under your lot.
EPA publishes the 90th-percentile lead result for each sampling round. For this system, the rounds ending in 2016, 2019, 2022 and 2025 came in at 0.003, 0.001, 0.002 and 0.002 mg/L, every one under the 0.015 mg/L action level. That is measured across taps in the system; your own tap can differ, and reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is the usual answer if a home test finds lead.
Yes, in source and treatment. The city supply is surface water put through a multi-step treatment plant; a private well draws groundwater from the rock and delivers it untreated unless the owner adds equipment. The county’s USGS samples show iron above the 0.3 mg/L staining line in 79% of 29 wells, so a test on site or through a certified lab is the sensible first step for a well.
Talk with the Chatfield team.
(724) 588-2652A LITTLE KNOWLEDGE GOES A LONG WAY
WATER TESTINGWhat a test measures, what the results mean, and what happens next.
WELL DRILLINGWhat drives the price of drilling a well in our region, and what to ask before you sign.
WATER PROBLEMSChlorine or chloramine, how to tell which, and the whole-home fix.
YOUR NEXT STEP
Tell us what you’re noticing. We’ll come out from Greenville, test your water, and walk you through the next step.