Water treatment & radon mitigation in Hanover, Pennsylvania
Hanover, New Oxford and the Adams County line have a mix of hard water and iron-heavy wells.
Otter Home is a family-owned water and air company serving Hanover and the rest of York County. We test first, then recommend only the equipment your test results actually call for — softeners, iron and sulfur removal, acid neutralizers, reverse osmosis drinking water, whole-home air purification and radon systems.
Water chemistry in Hanover
Hardness in the 10–18 gpg range is typical, with iron and manganese common in wells drilled into the diabase and shale south and west of town. Fruit-belt agriculture around New Oxford and Gettysburg means nitrate is worth testing for.
City water vs. private wells
Hanover Borough is on public water; the surrounding townships and Adams County are largely wells.
Common well water problems
Iron staining, manganese, nitrate near orchards and cropland, and hardness.
Municipal chlorination
Chlorinated public supply — carbon plus softening covers most homes.
Radon in this area
York and Adams counties both have plenty of homes over 4.0 pCi/L, especially those with basements on fractured rock.
Other towns we serve
Free water test in Hanover.
No obligation, no pressure. We test, we explain what the numbers mean, and you decide.