WATER TREATMENT · 66 MIN FROM OUR GREENVILLE OFFICE
Butler’s public water comes from two reservoirs, the Allegheny River and water bought from Ellwood City, and PA American Water’s system lists softening and chloramine. On that supply, chloramine is the usual thing to treat. On private wells, it is iron and manganese.
Serving our communities since 1967
USGS sampled Butler County wells between 1926 and 1997. That shows what is common here, and your own water test sets the size of the system.
Schedule a water test- HardMedian 9.1 gpg; 68% of 28 wells hard or very hardThe softener
- Iron56% of 27 wells above 0.3 mg/L; median 0.75 mg/LThe iron system
- Manganese86% of 14 wells above 0.05 mg/LThe iron system
- pHMedian pH 7.1; 13% of 15 wells below 6.5Blue-green stains
- Town waterPA American Water Co. Butler: about 43,286 people, surface water it treats itselfChlorine removal
- Not on recordBacteria, nitrate, PFAS, arsenicWater testing
- 28 wellsIn the USGS record for Butler County. Each well counts once, as the median of its samples.
- 680 wellsDomestic wells on file within 5 miles of Butler, a median 158 feet deep.
- 66 minFrom our Greenville 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 BUTLER
The Equipment Butler
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
68% of sampled Butler County wells were hard or very hard, at a median of 9.1 grains per gallon. Your softener is sized to your own test.
EXPLORE - 56% OF WELLS ABOVE THE IRON LINE
Iron & manganese removal
56% 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 - ON TOWN WATER
Chlorine removal
Butler’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 Greenville office, about 66 minutes from Butler. What it finds decides which equipment you need and the order it goes in.
EXPLORE
WATER TREATMENT IN BUTLER
What Butler Water Says,
and What We Do About It.
Chloramine in the PA American Water supply
PA American Water’s Butler system draws from Oneida Reservoir, Thorn Run Reservoir and the Allegheny River, and lists one treatment plant, Oneida Valley. It also buys water from the company’s Ellwood City system, which filters it before it arrives. The system serves 43,286 people through 19,978 connections.
One step on the system’s list matters most at the tap: chloramine, used to hold down disinfection by-products. Chloramine lasts longer in the pipes than plain chlorine, so it is still there at your faucet, and a basic carbon filter sized for chlorine may not keep up with it. A CityLux at the point of entry removes chlorine and chloramine for the whole house. If the complaint is the taste itself, start with chlorine taste.
Softening, pipe protection and the lead record
Ion exchange softening is on the system’s list, so hardness is reduced before the water reaches you. Permanganate is listed for iron and manganese removal, alongside coagulation, settling and rapid sand filtration.
For the pipes, the system adds lime and soda ash, adjusts pH after treatment and feeds a polyphosphate corrosion inhibitor. The system’s lead 90th percentile was 0.006 mg/L in 2016, 0.0029 in 2019 and 0.002 in both 2022 and 2025, every round under the 0.015 mg/L action level. That figure comes from homes sampled across the system, and your own tap can differ. If a home test finds lead, reverse osmosis at the kitchen sink is the usual answer.
Private wells and the Allegheny Formation
For homes on private wells, PaGWIS holds 680 well logs within 5 miles. The median well is 158 feet deep, with the middle half between 112 and 220 feet, and the median yield is 15 gallons a minute. Rock is close to the surface: bedrock sits a median 12 feet down. The rock mapped under the town is the Pennsylvanian Allegheny Formation: sandstone, shale, limestone, clay and coal.
The Butler County record points to iron and manganese, with manganese over its 0.05 mg/L line in 86 percent of the wells sampled. The FerronX Iron System takes out both. A LuxSoft softener can follow it if the test shows hardness, and its resin lasts longer with the iron already removed.
The Butler County record
USGS samples from Butler County wells, taken 1926–1997: 68% of wells hard or very hard, 56% over the iron line, 13% below pH 6.5. The full record, measure by measure, is on the Butler County water treatment page.
From our Greenville office
Butler is about 66 minutes and 46 miles by road from our Greenville office, and the municipalities around it get the same crews and the same drive: Butler Township, East Butler, Summit Township, Center Township, Oakland Township, Penn Township, Connoquenessing Township, Jefferson Township, Connoquenessing, Franklin Township. Nearby on the map:
- East Butler, PA
- Connoquenessing, PA
- Prospect, PA
- Saxonburg, PA
- Chicora, PA
- Evans City, PA
- All of Butler County
Source: Water quality: USGS National Water Information System results for Butler County wells, served through the Water Quality Portal, sampled between 1926 and 1997, 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: USGS groundwater site inventory for Butler County, 324 wells with a recorded depth, retrieved 2026-09-14.
A LITTLE CLARITY
Butler Questions.
Straight Answers.
Do I need a water softener on Butler’s public water?
Not automatically. The system lists ion exchange softening, so hardness is reduced before the water reaches your house. A test at your tap gives the grains of hardness that remain. If that number is still higher than you want, the CityLux softens the rest in the same unit that takes out the chloramine.
How is chloramine different from the chlorine I’m used to?
Both are disinfectants, and the system lists each. Chloramine is chlorine combined with ammonia. It is more stable, so it lasts longer in the mains and carries through to your faucet, and it is harder to remove than chlorine alone. The CityLux is built for both, treating every tap in the house, including showers and laundry.
What should the first test cover on a well around Butler?
Iron, manganese, hardness and pH, plus bacteria if the well has never been checked. In the county record, iron topped the 0.3 mg/L staining line in 56 percent of sampled wells, and 13 percent read below pH 6.5, which calls for a calcite neutralizer. Our on-site test covers the basics, and a certified lab handles bacteria. Call the Greenville office at (724) 588-2652.
Do you test water in Butler?
Yes. Chatfield’s water test and consultation cover Butler from our Greenville office, about 66 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 Butler
Starts with a Test.
Call or fill out the form to schedule your water test. We’ll come out from Greenville, measure what is in the water, and recommend the equipment that fits.