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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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17-beta-Estradiol

Fort Bend County WCID 2

Beta-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.

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013ND30ND
2014ND40ND
2015N/A00N/A
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2013-07-162858996ND
2013-07-172860304ND
2013-07-182861543ND
2014-01-132956822ND
2014-01-142957627ND
2014-01-152958645ND
2014-01-162959141ND