How hard is the water in Embrach?

Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft publishes a total hardness of 38.5 °fH for the supply zone Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten — that corresponds to 21.6 °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 Embrach?

Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft publishes a nitrate value of 20 mg/l for the supply zone Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 50 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.

Who supplies the drinking water in Embrach?

Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft. The values shown here come from the supply zone Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten 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.

Drinking water in Embrach

One supply zone, water supplier: Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft.

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.

Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft

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

Water hardness

21.6 °dH

Hardness range hard

Key values Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Nitrate	20 mg/l	40 mg/l	50 %	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Escherichia coli (E. coli)	0 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	—	Maximum · Median 0 · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Sulphate	18 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

Show all recorded parameters (19 — most recent value per parameter)

Microbiology (3)

Microbiology – Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria	14 KBE/ml	300 1/ml	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Escherichia coli (E. coli)	0 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	—	Maximum · Median 0 · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Intestinal enterococci	0 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	—	Maximum · Median 0 · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

Chemical parameters (2)

Chemical parameters – Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Fluoride	< 0.1 mg/l below limit of quantification	1.5 mg/l	< 7 % *	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Nitrate	20 mg/l	40 mg/l	50 %	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

* 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.

PFAS (3)

PFAS – Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Perfluorohexane sulfonic acid (PFHxS)	0.001 µg/l	0.3 µg/l	0.3 %	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS)	0.0017 µg/l	0.3 µg/l	0.6 %	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)	0.001 µg/l	0.5 µg/l	0.2 %	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

Metabolites (1)

Metabolites – Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Chlorothalonil metabolite R471811	0.24 µg/l	0.1 µg/l	240 % Mean above the parametric value	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

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 – Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Chloride	18 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Conductivity (25 °C)	630 µS/cm	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
pH	7.2	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Sulphate	18 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Temperature	16 °C	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

Further parameters (5)

Further parameters – Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Calcium	110 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Magnesium	28 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Potassium	2.8 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Spectral absorption coefficient 254 nm (SAC 254)	0.9 1/m	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten
Total hardness	38.5 °fH	—	—	Mean · Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten

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.

Source: https://trinkwasser.ch/de/versorger/644/wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft/3275/embrach-zonen-dorf-oberalmet-platten · 2025 · 2025 · retrieved on 07/08/2026

Postcodes in this zone: 8424

Frequently asked questions about drinking water in Embrach

How hard is the water in Embrach?: Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft publishes a total hardness of 38.5 °fH for the supply zone Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten — that corresponds to 21.6 °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 Embrach?: Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft publishes a nitrate value of 20 mg/l for the supply zone Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 50 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.
Who supplies the drinking water in Embrach?: Wasserversorgungsgenossenschaft. The values shown here come from the supply zone Embrach Zonen Dorf, Oberalmet, Platten 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.