How hard is the water in Goldingen?

Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG publishes a total hardness of 26 °fH for the supply zone Goldingen — that corresponds to 14.6 °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 Goldingen?

Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG publishes a nitrate value of 4 mg/l for the supply zone Goldingen. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 10 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.

Who supplies the drinking water in Goldingen?

Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG. The values shown here come from the supply zone Goldingen 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 Goldingen

One supply zone, water supplier: Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG.

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.

Goldingen

Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG

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

Water hardness

14.6 °dH

Hardness range hard

Key values Goldingen
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Nitrate	4 mg/l	40 mg/l	10 %	Mean · Goldingen
Escherichia coli (E. coli)	1 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	above the parametric value — this parameter must not be detectable	Maximum · Median 0 · Goldingen

An exceedance of a parametric value does not automatically mean a health risk; the statutory parametric values include safety margins. Assessment and any measures are the responsibility of the competent health authority of the respective country.

Show all recorded parameters (7 — most recent value per parameter)

Microbiology (3)

Microbiology – Goldingen
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria	1 KBE/ml	300 1/ml	—	Mean · Goldingen
Escherichia coli (E. coli)	1 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	above the parametric value — this parameter must not be detectable	Maximum · Median 0 · Goldingen
Intestinal enterococci	0 KBE/100ml	0/100 ml	—	Maximum · Median 0 · Goldingen

Chemical parameters (1)

Chemical parameters – Goldingen
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Nitrate	4 mg/l	40 mg/l	10 %	Mean · Goldingen

Further parameters (3)

Further parameters – Goldingen
Parameter	Value	Parametric value	Share of the parametric value	Reference
Calcium	76 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Goldingen
Magnesium	16 mg/l	—	—	Mean · Goldingen
Total hardness	26 °fH	—	—	Mean · Goldingen

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/684/wasserversorgung-eschenbach-sg/3606/goldingen · 2025 · 2025 · retrieved on 07/08/2026

Postcodes in this zone: 8638

Frequently asked questions about drinking water in Goldingen

How hard is the water in Goldingen?: Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG publishes a total hardness of 26 °fH for the supply zone Goldingen — that corresponds to 14.6 °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 Goldingen?: Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG publishes a nitrate value of 4 mg/l for the supply zone Goldingen. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 10 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.
Who supplies the drinking water in Goldingen?: Wasserversorgung Eschenbach SG. The values shown here come from the supply zone Goldingen 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.