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Drinking water in Bassersdorf

One supply zone, water supplier: Wasserversorgung Bassersdorf.

How to read the share of the parametric value

12 % Share of the parametric value. The proportion of the permitted maximum that the measured value uses — here 12 %, so just over an eighth.
< 10 % * Below the limit of quantification. The substance was not detectable. The mark shows where the detection limit lies relative to the parametric value — the actual share of the parametric value is below that.

Several samples per year: for chemical parameters the mean value is given, for microbiological ones the highest measured value. There the parametric value is zero — a single finding would disappear in the average, and it is precisely that finding which is the information. Which reference applies is stated in the last column of the table.

Bassersdorf und Baltenswil

Wasserversorgung Bassersdorf

Assigned via the water supplier — the exact supply zone boundary within the postcode is not yet linked.

Water hardness
18.9 °dH
Hardness range hard
Key values Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Nitrate 18.2 mg/l 40 mg/l
46 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0 KBE/100ml 0/100 ml Maximum · Median 0 · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Sulphate 18.7 mg/l Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Sodium 12.6 mg/l 200 mg/l
6 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Show all recorded parameters (19 — most recent value per parameter)

Microbiology (3)

Microbiology – Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria 14 KBE/ml 300 1/ml Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Escherichia coli (E. coli) 0 KBE/100ml 0/100 ml Maximum · Median 0 · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Intestinal enterococci 0 KBE/100ml 0/100 ml Maximum · Median 0 · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil

Chemical parameters (2)

Chemical parameters – Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Fluoride 0.1 mg/l
above
1.5 mg/l
7 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Nitrate 18.2 mg/l 40 mg/l
46 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil

PFAS (3)

PFAS – Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS) < 0.001 µg/l
below limit of quantification
0.3 µg/l
< 0.3 % *
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) 0.0025 µg/l 0.3 µg/l
0.8 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) 0.002 µg/l 0.5 µg/l
0.4 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil

* Value below the limit of quantification: the actual share of the parametric value is not known; it lies somewhere below the stated upper bound. The marker shows where the limit of quantification of the measurement lies relative to the parametric value.

Metabolites (2)

Metabolites – Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Chlorothalonil metabolite R417888 0.041 µg/l 0.1 µg/l
41 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Chlorothalonil metabolite R471811 0.128 µg/l 0.1 µg/l
128 % Mean above the parametric value
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil

Annual means and medians are not individual measured values, but the parametric values apply per sample. If a mean lies above it, at least one individual sample was above it — the mean does not say how many, or by how much. That is why this is not reported here as an exceedance of the parametric value. What counts remains the water supplier's publication, which each row links to.

Indicator parameters (5)

Indicator parameters – Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Chloride 17.1 mg/l Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Oxidisability 0.76 mg KMnO4/l Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Sodium 12.6 mg/l 200 mg/l
6 %
Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Sulphate 18.7 mg/l Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Temperature 13.1 °C Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil

Further parameters (4)

Further parameters – Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Calcium 105 mg/l Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Magnesium 18.3 mg/l Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Potassium 1.2 mg/l Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil
Total hardness 33.7 °fH Mean · Bassersdorf und Baltenswil

Values taken unchanged from the publications linked below — for each parameter the most recent recorded value. „—" in the parametric value column: no currently valid legal parametric value is stored in our database for this parameter; the parameter register with all parametric values is being expanded continuously.

Postcodes in this zone: 8303

Frequently asked questions about drinking water in Bassersdorf

How hard is the water in Bassersdorf?
Wasserversorgung Bassersdorf publishes a total hardness of 33.7 °fH for the supply zone Bassersdorf und Baltenswil — that corresponds to 18.9 °dH. The hardness range is a classification under the German Detergents and Cleaning Products Act (soft below 8,4 °dH, medium 8,4 to 14 °dH, hard above that) and not a quality verdict — it indicates how much calcium and magnesium is dissolved in the water. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.
How much nitrate is in the drinking water in Bassersdorf?
Wasserversorgung Bassersdorf publishes a nitrate value of 18.2 mg/l for the supply zone Bassersdorf und Baltenswil. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 46 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.
Who supplies the drinking water in Bassersdorf?
Wasserversorgung Bassersdorf. The values shown here come from the supply zone Bassersdorf und Baltenswil and apply to the water the supplier delivers. What happens between the building connection and the tap — in old lead pipes, for example — is not covered by these analyses; information on that is provided by owners, the health authority or an examination by an accredited laboratory.

General questions — how current the data is, limit of quantification, parametric values, who is behind this site — are answered under Questions & answers.