How hard is the water in Giebenach?

Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach publishes a total hardness of 48.2 °fH for the supply zone Giebenach — that corresponds to 27 °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 Giebenach?

Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach publishes a nitrate value of 15.6 mg/l for the supply zone Giebenach. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 39 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.

Who supplies the drinking water in Giebenach?

Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach. The values shown here come from the supply zone Giebenach 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 Giebenach

One supply zone, water supplier: Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach.

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.

Giebenach

Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach

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

Water hardness

27 °dH

Hardness range hard

Key values Giebenach
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Nitrate	15.6 mg/l	40 mg/l	39 %	Mean · Giebenach
Escherichia coli (E. coli)	0 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	—	Maximum · Median 0 · Giebenach
Sulphate	176 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Sodium	16.2 mg/l	200 mg/l	8 %	Mean · Giebenach

Show all recorded parameters (16 — most recent value per parameter)

Microbiology (3)

Microbiology – Giebenach
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria	57 KBE/ml	300 1/ml	—	Mean · Giebenach
Escherichia coli (E. coli)	0 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	—	Maximum · Median 0 · Giebenach
Intestinal enterococci	0 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	—	Maximum · Median 0 · Giebenach

Chemical parameters (2)

Chemical parameters – Giebenach
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Fluoride	0.4 mg/l	1.5 mg/l	27 %	Mean · Giebenach
Nitrate	15.6 mg/l	40 mg/l	39 %	Mean · Giebenach

Indicator parameters (7)

Indicator parameters – Giebenach
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Chloride	26.9 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Conductivity (25 °C)	922 µS/cm	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Manganese	0.13 mg/l	50 µg/l	260 % Mean above the parametric value	Mean · Giebenach
pH	7.53	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Sodium	16.2 mg/l	200 mg/l	8 %	Mean · Giebenach
Sulphate	176 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Temperature	14.3 °C	—	—	Mean · Giebenach

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.

Further parameters (4)

Further parameters – Giebenach
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Calcium	149 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Magnesium	27.1 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Potassium	2.78 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Giebenach
Total hardness	48.2 °fH	—	—	Mean · Giebenach

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/1487/gemeindeverwaltung-giebenach/3024/giebenach · 2025 · 2025 · retrieved on 07/08/2026

Postcodes in this zone: 4304

Frequently asked questions about drinking water in Giebenach

How hard is the water in Giebenach?: Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach publishes a total hardness of 48.2 °fH for the supply zone Giebenach — that corresponds to 27 °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 Giebenach?: Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach publishes a nitrate value of 15.6 mg/l for the supply zone Giebenach. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 39 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.
Who supplies the drinking water in Giebenach?: Gemeindeverwaltung Giebenach. The values shown here come from the supply zone Giebenach 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.