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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Ethinyl estradiol

Status: No national drinking water standard exists

 

Ethinyl estradiol is one of the 3 types of estrogen made by the human body. Sex hormones get into water downstream from livestock and pharmaceutical production, or incomplete removal in waste water treatment. There are no standards to gauge how risky additional hormones are for human health.

2013-2019:

FOUND

4

states detected

13

utilities detected

3.2 million

people served

States reporting ethinyl estradiol in drinking water

UTILITIES WITH CONTAMINATION
State UtilitiesPeople Served
Pennsylvania11,600,000
Kentucky7857,838
California2522,817
Texas3251,184
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Filtering technologies that reduce ethinyl estradiol

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Activated Carbon

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Reverse Osmosis

Utilities with the highest amounts of ethinyl estradiol, 2013-2019

ALL UTILITIES
LARGE UTILITIES
UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
City of Pasadena*Pasadena, TX1 of 90.173 ppt153,000
Lebanon Junction Water WorksLebanon Junction, KY1 of 80.138 ppt2,866
Mt Washington Water CompanyMt Washington, KY1 of 80.138 ppt23,760
Louisville Water Company*Louisville, KY1 of 80.138 ppt764,769
Taylorsville Water WorksTaylorsville, KY1 of 80.138 ppt18,973
Philadelphia Water Department*Philadelphia, PA1 of 120.1000 ppt1,600,000
Fcsa #39 A&bFresno, CA1 of 3870.00300 ppt465
City of Fresno*Fresno, CA1 of 3870.00300 ppt522,352

* This water utility supplies finished drinking water to at least one other water utility. The purchasing utility is not required to test for or report Ethinyl estradiol, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.

UtilityLocationTestsAverage levelPeople served
City of Pasadena*Pasadena, TX1 of 90.173 ppt153,000
Mt Washington Water CompanyMt Washington, KY1 of 80.138 ppt23,760
Louisville Water Company*Louisville, KY1 of 80.138 ppt764,769
Taylorsville Water WorksTaylorsville, KY1 of 80.138 ppt18,973
Philadelphia Water Department*Philadelphia, PA1 of 120.1000 ppt1,600,000
City of Fresno*Fresno, CA1 of 3870.00300 ppt522,352

* This water utility supplies finished drinking water to at least one other water utility. The purchasing utility is not required to test for or report Ethinyl estradiol, but it likely has the contaminant in its water supply.