Bowmansville, PA tap water
Part of Bowmansville is supplied by Hawk Valley Village, plus 1 other utility. Here's what its water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine
Utility water here is treated with chlorine. It slowly gases off from standing water, and any water conditioner removes it.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Nitrite (NO₂)
Not detected (Low)
Not detected in testing, so any nitrite in your tank comes from the tank itself.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Nitrate (NO₃)
20–22 ppm (Worth knowing)
Typical 20 ppm
High for tap water. Water changes can't take your tank's nitrate below this level.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Chlorine or chloramine at the tap
1–1.3 ppm
Typical 1 ppm
At tap levels, chlorine and chloramine are toxic to fish, shrimp and the bacteria in a filter. Water conditioners are made for this range.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Water chemistry
General hardness
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
193–200 ppm
Typical 196 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From EPA monitoring data (2017–2019).
pH
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
- Hawk Valley Village softens its water at the plant, so it may be softer than the local groundwater.
Who supplies Bowmansville, PA
Hawk Valley Village
Serves 13% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
Brookside Mobilehome Park
Serves 9% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
We couldn't fully map which utility serves Bowmansville. These numbers come from the utilities we matched, which serve about 22% of residents.
Our data comes from public records and is still incomplete. Many utilities don't publish every number, so we're adding more all the time. Your city's range is a starting point: testing your own tap is the only way to know exactly what's in it.
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