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Drinking water in Merenschwand

One supply zone, water supplier: Wasserversorgung Merenschwand.

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.

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

Water hardness
20.3 °dH
Hardness range hard
Key values Merenschwand
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Nitrate 25.7 mg/l 40 mg/l
64 %
Mean · Merenschwand
Escherichia coli (E. coli) nn
not detectable
Unit not stated in the document
0/100 ml Maximum · Median nn · Merenschwand
Sulphate 12.7 mg/l Mean · Merenschwand
Sodium 6.1 mg/l 200 mg/l
3 %
Mean · Merenschwand
Show all recorded parameters (19 — most recent value per parameter)

Microbiology (3)

Microbiology – Merenschwand
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Aerobic mesophilic bacteria 2 KBE/ml 300 1/ml Mean · Merenschwand
Escherichia coli (E. coli) nn
not detectable
Unit not stated in the document
0/100 ml Maximum · Median nn · Merenschwand
Intestinal enterococci nn
not detectable
Unit not stated in the document
0/100 ml Maximum · Median nn · Merenschwand

Chemical parameters (2)

Chemical parameters – Merenschwand
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 · Merenschwand
Nitrate 25.7 mg/l 40 mg/l
64 %
Mean · Merenschwand

* 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 – Merenschwand
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Chlorothalonil metabolite R417888 0.02 µg/l 0.1 µg/l
20 %
Mean · Merenschwand
Chlorothalonil metabolite R471811 0.27 µg/l 0.1 µg/l
270 % Mean above the parametric value
Mean · Merenschwand

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 (7)

Indicator parameters – Merenschwand
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Chloride 8 mg/l Mean · Merenschwand
Conductivity (25 °C) 687 µS/cm Mean · Merenschwand
pH 7.49 Mean · Merenschwand
Sodium 6.1 mg/l 200 mg/l
3 %
Mean · Merenschwand
Sulphate 12.7 mg/l Mean · Merenschwand
Temperature 15.9 °C Mean · Merenschwand
Turbidity < 0.1 TE/F
below limit of quantification
Mean · Merenschwand

Further parameters (5)

Further parameters – Merenschwand
Parameter Value Parametric value Share of the parametric value Reference
Calcium 117 mg/l Mean · Merenschwand
Dissolved organic carbon (DOC) 0.76 mg/l Mean · Merenschwand
Magnesium 16.7 mg/l Mean · Merenschwand
Potassium 1 mg/l Mean · Merenschwand
Total hardness 36.2 °fH Mean · Merenschwand

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: 5634

Frequently asked questions about drinking water in Merenschwand

How hard is the water in Merenschwand?
Wasserversorgung Merenschwand publishes a total hardness of 36.2 °fH for the supply zone Merenschwand — that corresponds to 20.3 °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 Merenschwand?
Wasserversorgung Merenschwand publishes a nitrate value of 25.7 mg/l for the supply zone Merenschwand. The statutory parametric value is 40 mg/l; the measured value represents 64 % of the parametric value. Basis: 2025, retrieved on 07/08/2026.
Who supplies the drinking water in Merenschwand?
Wasserversorgung Merenschwand. The values shown here come from the supply zone Merenschwand 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.