Saint Albans Water Hardness & Quality Report (2026)

Saint Albans, West Virginia, in Kanawha County — a Kanawha County city adjacent to Charleston and South Charleston on the Kanawha River in central West Virginia — receives its water from the Saint Albans Water Department or West Virginia American Water, drawing from the Kanawha River through the central West Virginia distribution.

The hard 153.5 mg/L hardness and TDS of 341.5 mg/L reflect the Kanawha County Kanawha River supply's hard calcareous character — the Mississippian Greenbrier Limestone and Pennsylvanian Kanawha Formation are calcareous formations in the central West Virginia Appalachian Plateau, and the Kanawha River acquires substantial dissolved mineral content from its extensive limestone-coal measure drainage (compare Charleston WV: 150/333 in Kanawha County comparable; South Charleston WV: 156/349 in Kanawha County comparable; Saint Albans consistent hard from the same Kanawha County Kanawha River Mississippian calcareous supply). The Kanawha watershed — Mississippian Greenbrier Limestone (calcareous — primary hardness contributor), Pennsylvanian Kanawha Formation (calcareous — secondary contributor), and Quaternary Kanawha alluvium (calcareous — TDS contributor).

At 153.5 mg/L with TDS 342, Saint Albans' water is hard — scale builds in appliances. Quarterly descaling is appropriate. The PFAS level of 7.4 ppt is elevated — a certified drinking water filter with PFAS removal is recommended. Review West Virginia American Water's annual water quality report.