Method for providing warm water, in particular warm drinking water, by way of a warm water treatment installation, which has at least one heat generator and at least one first pump for circulating a fluid, in particular water, in at least one primary circuit, and has at least one warm water store and at least one second pump for circulating a fluid, in particular water, in particular drinking water, in at least one secondary circuit, wherein at least one heat exchanger is arranged between the heat generator and the warm water store, - wherein the fluid is pumped through a primary side of the heat exchanger by the first pump, - wherein the fluid is pumped through the warm water store and through a secondary side of the heat exchanger by the second pump, - wherein the rotational speed of at least one of the pumps (16, 24) is regulated, wherein - an actual value of the temperature at the secondary-side outlet of the heat exchanger is determined, - a warm water store target value for a temperature of the warm water store is predefined for a regulation strategy or is calculated with a regulation strategy taken into consideration, the rotational speed of the at least one regulable pump (16, 24) is regulated, in particular on the basis of the regulation strategy, such that the actual value is greater than or equal to the warm water store target value, wherein, if required, the at least one pump (16, 24) is operated at reduced rotational speed, characterized in that the regulation strategy is to provide, in dependence on the actual value of the temperature at the secondary-side outlet of the heat exchanger and on the warm water store target value, a signal on the basis of which a decision is made as to whether the rotational speed of the at least one pump (16, 24) is reduced, wherein, furthermore, the regulation strategy is to assign a first, in particular positive, value to the signal if the actual value is greater than the warm water store target value, and to assign a second, in particular negative, value, which differs from the first value, to the signal if the actual value is less than the warm water store target value, wherein the heat generator is switched off if the value of the signal reaches or exceeds a positive upper limit, in particular +1, wherein the rotational speed of the at least one pump (16, 24) is furthermore regulated such that the actual value is greater than or equal to the warm water store target value, and wherein - at least one of the pumps (16, 24) is operated at reduced rotational speed as soon as the value of the signal reaches or falls below a negative lower limit, in particular -1. - wherein the fluid is pumped through a primary side of the heat exchanger by the first pump, - wherein the fluid is pumped through the warm water store and through a secondary side of the heat exchanger by the second pump, - wherein the rotational speed of at least one of the pumps (16, 24) is regulated, wherein - an actual value of the temperature at the secondary-side outlet of the heat exchanger is determined, - a warm water store target value for a temperature of the warm water store is predefined for a regulation strategy or is calculated with a regulation strategy taken into consideration, the rotational speed of the at least one regulable pump (16, 24) is regulated, in particular on the basis of the regulation strategy, such that the actual value is greater than or equal to the warm water store target value, wherein, if required, the at least one pump (16, 24) is operated at reduced rotational speed, characterized in that the regulation strategy is to provide, in dependence on the actual value of the temperature at the secondary-side outlet of the heat exchanger and on the warm water store target value, a signal on the basis of which a decision is made as to whether the rotational speed of the at least one pump (16, 24) is reduced, wherein, furthermore, the regulation strategy is to assign a first, in particular positive, value to the signal if the actual value is greater than the warm water store target value, and to assign a second, in particular negative, value, which differs from the first value, to the signal if the actual value is less than the warm water store target value, wherein the heat generator is switched off if the value of the signal reaches or exceeds a positive upper limit, in particular +1, wherein the rotational speed of the at least one pump (16, 24) is furthermore regulated such that the actual value is greater than or equal to the warm water store target value, and wherein - at least one of the pumps (16, 24) is operated at reduced rotational speed as soon as the value of the signal reaches or falls below a negative lower limit, in particular -1.