HELMSANGE WALFERDANGE BERELDANGE Water analyses Water supply zones eaux.vdl.lu 15 golden rules Locations of drinking fountains fontaines.vdl.lu Do not run water while Use a cup of water to rinse Bridel shaving, washing your hands after brushing your teeth water reservoir or brushing your teeth Dummeldéngerbierg 1 2 water reservoir Senningerbierg water reservoir → Bambësch Zone 1 water reservoir Replace leaky faucets Put flow reducers on faucets. Drinking water Zone 3 and washers These are sometimes called 3 4 aerators FINDEL Luxembourg City – 2019 Zone 9 FINDEL Lampertsbierg Zone 3 water reservoir RECKENTHAL Zone 3 Equip toilets with Shower instead of taking baths water-saving flushes 5 (dual control) 6 Kalchesbréck water reservoir -5 litres -130 litres Zone 7 Zone 2 HAMM Buy water- and energy-saving Run dishwashers and washing dishwashers and washing machines only when they're Sandweiler machines full water reservoir → 7 8 MERL Zone 4 Zone 5 vdl.lu Drinking Kaltreis (Bonnevoie) Zone 8 Zone 6 water tower fountains in When washing dishes by Wash your vegetables over hand, don't let the water run, a basin and reuse the water Luxembourg 9 instead fill two basins (one 10 for your household plants City for washing, one for rinsing) -30 litres -66 litres CESSANGE Zone 10 Tubishaff water tower (Cessange) Clean your car at a car wash, Place mulch around plants to rather than in your garden or retain moisture from dew and Ban de Gasperich on the street. Not only will watering water tower 11 12 dirty water be treated, but high-pressure cleaning uses three times less water than garden hoses. LEUDELANGE -120 litres - ness Zones Source District in German category Hardness Hardness degrees (°dH) Reservoirs Total hard Total Use a drip watering system Water in the evenings or a porous pipe to regulate when evaporation is slower Beggen, Dommeldange, Eich, Pfaffenthal, Dummeldénger- KOCKELSCHEUER 1 Clausen (sections), Muhlenbach (sections), 100% Glaasburen springs 15.5–19.0 3 the amount of water CONTACT bierg 13 14 Weimerskirch (sections) Information Belair, Grund, Merl (sections), 70% Millebaach 2 Bambësch Rollingergrund, Muhlenbach (sections), and Siweburen springs, 27% SEBES, 12.5–20.0 2–3 47 96-28 83 Ville-Haute, Clausen (sections) 3% Kopstal springs Office hours Eicherfeld, Kirchberg (sections), 10% Kopstal springs, 3 Bridel 4.5–8.5 1–2 Limpertsberg, Weimerskirch (sections) 90% SEBES 8:00–12:00 and 13:00–17:00 Merl (sections), Hollerich (sections), 100% Millebaach 4 Lampertsbierg 13.0–20.0 2–3 Belair (sections) and Siweburen springs Urgent repairs and emergencies, day and night 4796-3003 Pulvermuhl, Verlorenkost, Bonnevoie (sections), 36% Birelergronn springs, Make maximum use of other 5 Kalchesbréck 13.0–18.0 2–3 Gare (sections), Hollerich (sections) 23% Polfermillen spring, 41% SEBES water resprings: rain water, Email Gare (sections), Hollerich (sections), 90% Polfermillen spring, kitchen waste water (e.g. to 6 Kaltreis 17.0–20.0 3 15 [email protected] Bonnevoie (sections) 10% SEBES water lawns and gardens) Cents, Hamm, Neudorf, Fetschenhof, 71% Birelergronn springs, 7 Sandweiler 11.0–18.0 2–3 Weimershof (sections) 29% SEBES Deutsche Ausgabe bestellbar unter 4796-5005 oder auf eaux.vdl.lu Cessange (sections), Gasperich (sections), 8 Tubishaff 100% SEBES 4.0–5.0 1 Hollerich (sections) Pour recevoir la version française, appelez le 4796-5005 ou allez sur eaux.vdl.lu 9 Senningerbierg Kirchberg, Weimershof (sections) 100% SEBES 4.0–5.5 1 10 Ban de Gasperich Cessange (sections), Gasperich (sections) 100% SEBES 4.0–5.0 1 Key water supply figures Did you know? A household of 4 that drinks 2 litres of When you're When you're 3 About prices water per person per day Key network figures eating out at home or The tap water in restaurants comes from the out and about 2 same supply network as the water in your home and meets the same quality standards 62 Zero From spring to autumn, you can use your 2,920 L as your household water. 1 L 1 L own water bottle and fill it at one of the waste? City's 26 public fountains and water supply 2 L = €1,518.40 points. Many cafés and other City water is delivered x harnessed springs treatment stations establishments through- without packaging. of bottled water of tap water out the city also let Drink tap water and you fill your own wa- water reduce waste! = €0.52* = €0.0043 5 365 ter bottle. Look for towers * on average x days the "Refill Station" 120 times 2,920 L Pumping stations cheaper sticker displayed 19 in the windows of = 2,920 Litres = €12.56 these establish- /year ments. 430 km /household Potential savings of underground €1,506/year pressure-reducing 7 pipes private connections stations Testing These include, in particular: routine checks, which are performed monthly, during which 28 parameters are Drinking water is regularly subjected to Does the water station removes pesticides and their metab- reservoirs analysed in all, stringent testing. The water supplied by the contain... olites from groundwater, ensuring the drink- work 24 hours a day, 365 City undergoes chemical and microbiologi- complete assessments, which are per- ing water is free of pesticides. At the other days a year, to help provide cal testing in the springs and reservoirs, as formed 2-3 times per year, during which ...nitrates? pumping stations, the pesticide content in 78 the highest possible quality well as in the supply network. 156 parameters, including 59 different the groundwater meets the standards set by people of drinking water. pesticides, are analysed in all, Nitrates occur naturally in many foods (cold national legislation. The quality of the drinking water supplied to Do you need a water softener? meats, vegetables, fruits, etc.). Luxembourg your home meets the standards set by the self monitoring of water springs and res- Tap water City's water has an average nitrate content ...lead? Grand Ducal Regulation of 7 October 2002 ervoirs, which is conducted regularly and Water softeners replace calcium and mag- You are strongly advised not to plug the sof- of 20–30 mg/l, which is within the limit set There is no lead in the drinking water sup- on the quality of water intended for human includes two sets of complete tests per nesium molecules (which are the main con- tener into the cold water system, as a high Tap water, which is delivered straight to your Drinking the City's tap water is a pleasant by national legislation. You can drink the wa- plied by the City. If lead is detected in the consumption (règlement grand-ducal year, chemical analyses of the springs, - tributors to water hardness) with sodium concentration of sodium in your cold water home 24/7, is: and refreshing way to quench your thirst. ter all year round with no health risks. drinking water at your home, it has entered When properly supplied, it should be clear du 7 octobre 2002 relatif à la qualité and weekly tests. NO3 molecules so as to prevent calcium precip- is not healthy. the water supply through the pipes in your high in quality des eaux destinées à la consomma- ...pesticides? itation. and colourless, with no unpalatable taste or The Service Eaux (Water Department) con- home. If you are not sure about the condition Above all, you should carefully follow the in- suitable for drinking every day tion humaine). Drinking water is the odour. It is a natural product containing a va- ducts a total of over 2,000 tests per year. Pesticides, which are a health hazard and of your home plumbing system, please con- For total hardness > 17°dH, we recommend stallation and maintenance instructions for most strictly regulated and strin- riety of trace elements and minerals, and its The water analysis results for the City's dif- are used in large quantities in the form tact your building manager or landlord. The that you install a softener. However, we this equipment to prevent bacterial contam- well balanced gently tested foodstuff in the Euro- taste varies depending on the properties of ferent supply zones are published on www. of weedkillers and fungicides, leach into Ministry of Health (Ministère de la Santé) strongly recommend a residual hardness inants from developing in your tap water. good for your wallet pean Union. The number of checks the rocks and soils it flows through. Depend- eaux.vdl.lu. groundwater. The activated carbon filtra- recommendsPb letting the water run for a few of between 6°dH and 9°dH to prevent pipes is defined according to the volume environmentally friendly ing on the location, the calcium content may tion process at the Polfermillen pumping seconds before you drink it. from corroding. vary, making it more or less hard. distributed or produced each day within a supply zone. Virtual water trade Household water use Where does your water come from? of drinking water comes from Luxem- bourg City’s springs, while the rest Virtual water refers to the total amount of water required to produce an agricultural or in- The composition of the water supplied to Luxembourg City residents varies slightly from one is provided by the SEBES syndicate. dustrial product, or deliver a service. In other words, it is the total amount of water needed to supply zone to another. Go to eaux.vdl.lu to find out the exact composition of your water. produce something. The term "virtual water" is used because it is generally not found in the 54% The exact composition varies from finished products. one supply zone to another. Kopstal 27% 13 % catchment area Toilet Laundry From the flushing Kopstal SEBES Esch-sur-Sûre Glaasburen pumping Senningerbierg 32 litres = 1 microchip