Water container in Praunheim © Hessenwasser GmbH & Co. KG

A secure supply of high-quality drinking water is essential for good health and quality of life – but also for industry and ­commerce. Ensuring that sufficient quantities of food grade ­water come out of the tap involves extraction, preparation and faultless quality control processes. Frankfurt’s drinking water comes ­mainly from groundwater and spring water and complies with the strict criteria imposed by the German Drinking Water Ordinance.
 

Water extraction and water consumption in Frankfurt

To find out how people living and working in Frankfurt are supplied with drinking water and how water consumption has developed in recent years, click on:

Water extraction
Water consumption

Contact addresses

Health Department

Environment Department

Hessenwasser GmbH & Co. KG

Waste Water Department

Mainova AG

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Sewage

Clean for the Main: Around 300 million litres of waste water are collected each day in Frankfurt’s network of sewers and purified in the state-of-the-art waste water treatment plants.

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Virtual water

The daily water requirements of German households are decreasing but represent only a very small portion of our actual water consumption. To find out how much water is needed to produce items that we use every day, click here.