New Beaver, PA tap water
About 48% of New Beaver is inside a utility's service area. Homes outside it likely use private wells, which no utility tests.
Disinfectant
Chlorine or chloramine
Utilities here use chlorine or chloramine, depending on which one serves your address. Chlorine slowly gases off from standing water; chloramine doesn't. Private wells aren't treated by a utility, so there's no chlorine or chloramine unless a treatment system adds it.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Ammonia (with conditioner)
Estimate0.24–0.52 ppm (Low)
Typical 0.44 ppm
This is what a conditioner frees when it breaks the chloramine apart. A cycled filter clears it within a day.
Estimated from the chloramine level PA Amer Water Co Ellwood Cty reports; the chloramine level PA Amer Water Co New Castle reports (2012–2019).
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)
0.8–7.2 ppm (Low)
Typical 3.7 ppm
Low, so water changes lower your tank's nitrate well.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Chlorine or chloramine at the tap
0.2–2.1 ppm
Typical 1.7 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)
73–76 ppm
Typical 73 ppm
Moderate buffering. pH should stay fairly steady.
From EPA monitoring data; EPA monitoring data, measured before treatment (2012–2019).
pH
Not published yet
We haven't found this number yet. A drop test kit gives you your exact reading.
- PA Amer Water Co Ellwood Cty and PA Amer Water Co New Castle add phosphate to protect pipes. It can feed algae in tanks without much plant growth.
Who supplies New Beaver, PA
PA Amer Water Co Ellwood Cty
Serves 20% of residents · Lake or river water · Chloramine
PA Amer Water Co New Castle
Serves 19% of residents · Lake or river water · Chloramine
Borough of Wampum Water Dept
Serves 10% of residents · Groundwater (wells) · Chlorine
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