Chester Tap Water Quality Report
Chester's water has 1 contaminant above EPA MCLGs. Consider using a certified water filter for additional protection.
Utility
CHESTER WATER SYSTEM
People Served
1,986
MCL Violations
0
Last Updated
Is Chester Tap Water Safe to Drink?
Chester's water has 1 contaminant above EPA health-based guidelines (MCLGs). While the water meets federal legal limits, we recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems.
The data below shows test results from 1 water utility serving 1,986 people in the Chester area. Water quality testing is conducted regularly and reported to the EPA. This report was last updated .
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Water Report for Chester, Georgia
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- Your water system, and how confident we are it is the right one for this address
- Every detection in the latest sampling, with what the level means for a household
- Five years of history — what is getting better, what is not
- Violations and enforcement on record for this system
- UCMR5 PFAS results where the system was sampled, and plainly stated when it was not
- Hardness, and what it costs you in appliances and soap
- What we would test at your own tap, and why
- What treatment actually addresses your results — and what would be overkill
- Every figure with its source and the date we read it
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Recommended Water Filters for Chester
Based on Chester's water quality data, these NSF-certified filters are recommended to remove contaminants above EPA MCLGs.
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Omnipure Filter Co.
CL10RO T/33[2]
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1500 gal
Filter Life
5 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 3 contaminants:
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Omnipure Filter Co.
K2586[4]
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1250 gal
Filter Life
4 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 3 contaminants:
Whirlpool Corporation
W11256135
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1001 gal
Filter Life
3 mo
Flow Rate
0.7 gpm
Removes 19 contaminants:
+14 more
Benzene, Carbofuran, Chlorine (Free), Chlorine (Total), Chlorine Dioxide, Chlorobenzene, Cryptosporidium, Ethylbenzene, Lead, Mercury, Metolachlor, Tetrachloroethylene, Toxaphene, Turbidity
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Omnipure Filter Co.
CL10RO T/28[2]
NSF Certified:
Capacity
1500 gal
Filter Life
5 mo
Flow Rate
0.5 gpm
Removes 3 contaminants:
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What Chester's water readings can explain
We publish a city-level hardness figure for Chester, resolved from its water systems where they report one and estimated from county sampling where they do not. Each page starts with the hot-tap and cold-tap check, then shows what your own water system reported.
On a private well near Chester? Public-water results do not apply to private wells. See Dodge County well water testing and USGS risk data — modeled arsenic, nitrate, and the tests to run.
What a water softener costs for Chester's water
Chester's tap water measures 1.7 grains per gallon (28.8 mg/L) — soft on the USGS scale, below the range where scale is usually worth treating.
Water softener cost for 1.7 gpg water in Chester — equipment and local installation labour for your ZIP code, with the sizing arithmetic shown in full.
Frequently Asked Questions About Chester Tap Water
Chester's water has 1 contaminant above EPA MCLGs. While the water meets federal legal limits, we recommend using a certified water filter for additional protection, especially for vulnerable populations like children, pregnant women, and those with compromised immune systems.
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