North Rhine-Westphalia
Yes. Tap water in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is low risk across 58 listed water systems. The safety figure is national, not a town-by-town test.
- 58Low
- 0Medium
- 0High
- 0Critical
- AachenLow risk
- ArnsbergLow risk
- BergheimLow risk
- Bergisch GladbachLow risk
- BielefeldLow risk
- BocholtLow risk
- BochumLow risk
- BonnLow risk
- BottropLow risk
- Castrop-RauxelLow risk
- Cologne (Köln)Low risk
- DetmoldLow risk
- DinslakenLow risk
- DormagenLow risk
- DorstenLow risk
- DortmundLow risk
- DuisburgLow risk
- DürenLow risk
- DüsseldorfLow risk
- EssenLow risk
- GelsenkirchenLow risk
- GladbeckLow risk
- GrevenbroichLow risk
- GüterslohLow risk
- HagenLow risk
- HammLow risk
- HerfordLow risk
- HerneLow risk
- HertenLow risk
- HürthLow risk
- IserlohnLow risk
- KerpenLow risk
- KrefeldLow risk
- LeverkusenLow risk
- LippstadtLow risk
- LüdenscheidLow risk
- LünenLow risk
- MarlLow risk
- MindenLow risk
- MoersLow risk
- MönchengladbachLow risk
- Mülheim an der RuhrLow risk
- MünsterLow risk
- NeussLow risk
- OberhausenLow risk
- PaderbornLow risk
- RatingenLow risk
- RecklinghausenLow risk
- RemscheidLow risk
- RheineLow risk
- SiegenLow risk
- SolingenLow risk
- TroisdorfLow risk
- VelbertLow risk
- ViersenLow risk
- WeselLow risk
- WittenLow risk
- WuppertalLow risk
Germany does not publish drinking-water results town by town. Safety figures are national: in 2020–2022 nearly every tested parameter was met in more than 99% of checks across 2,507 large supply zones. Hardness is the local supplier figure and varies by district. These pages cover the 150 largest cities.
Common questions
Can I drink the tap water in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany?
Yes. Tap water in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany is low risk across 58 listed water systems. The safety figure is national, not a town-by-town test.
Where do these ratings come from?
German Federal Ministry of Health and Umweltbundesamt, drinking water report 2020–2022; hardness from supplier analyses compiled by wasser-haerte.de. Period covered: 2020 to 2022.