Tap water hardness in Sachsen-Anhalt
We have published hardness data for 10 cities in Sachsen-Anhalt. The median is 17.1 °dH; the hardest water is in Weißenfels (28.4 °dH), the softest in Wernigerode (4.2 °dH).
90 % of these cities have hard or very hard water (over 120 mg/L).
German law (WRMG) uses 3 bands: soft < 8.4 °dH, medium 8.4–14 °dH, hard > 14 °dH.
Cities in Sachsen-Anhalt, hardest first
| °dH | mg/L | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Weißenfels | 28.4 | 507 | very hard |
| Tangermünde | 25.4 | 453 | very hard |
| Dessau-Roßlau | 22 | 393 | very hard |
| Bad Kösen | 21 | 375 | very hard |
| Naumburg (Saale) | 17.5 | 312 | very hard |
| Stendal | 16.6 | 297 | very hard |
| Magdeburg | 14.3 | 255 | very hard |
| Schönebeck (Elbe) | 11.3 | 202 | very hard |
| Lutherstadt Wittenberg | 8.3 | 148 | hard |
| Wernigerode | 4.2 | 75 | moderately hard |