New Market, VA tap water
Supplied by Town of New Market. Here's what its water means for your fish.
Disinfectant
Chlorine
Your water is treated with chlorine. It slowly gases off from standing water, and any water conditioner removes it.
Safety for fish and shrimp
Nitrate (NO₃)
Area estimate1.3–27 ppm (Worth knowing)
Typical 14 ppm
Water changes can't take your tank's nitrate below this level.
Area estimate from nearby wells: USGS well samples in your county (2000–2022).
Water chemistry
General hardness
Area estimate265–377 ppm
Typical 316 ppm
Hard. Ideal for livebearers and African cichlids. Soft-water species may struggle to breed.
Area estimate from nearby wells: USGS well samples in your county (2000–2022).
Carbonate hardness (alkalinity)
236–269 ppm
Typical 253 ppm
Strong buffering. pH stays steady and hard to lower without RO water.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
pH
6.9–7.1
Typical 7
Most community fish do well here. Stable water matters more than the exact number.
From EPA monitoring data (2012–2019).
Total dissolved solids
Area estimate243–386 ppm
Typical 267 ppm
A rough measure of everything dissolved in the water. RO water reads near 0, so TDS is a quick way to compare waters.
Area estimate from nearby wells: USGS well samples in your county (2000–2022).
- Town of New Market adds phosphate to protect pipes. It can feed algae in tanks without much plant growth.
Who supplies New Market, VA
Town of New Market
Serves 87% of residents · Groundwater fed by surface water · Chlorine
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