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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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17-beta-Estradiol

Western Virginia Water Authority

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.

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41

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2014ND260ND
2015ND150ND
2016N/A00N/A
2017N/A00N/A
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A

ppt = parts per trillion

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-04-0935133733001SSND
2014-04-1435134288005SSND
2014-04-1435134288003SSND
2014-04-1435134288001SSND
2014-04-1535134430007SSND
2014-04-1535134430001SSND
2014-04-1535134430005SSND
2014-04-1535134430003SSND
2014-04-1635134685001SSND
2014-04-1635134685003SSND
2014-04-2135135129003SSND
2014-04-2135135129001SSND
2014-04-2235135246001SSND
2014-04-2235135246003SSND
2014-04-2335135566001SSND
2014-04-2335135566003SSND
2014-07-2235147500001SSND
2014-07-2235147500003SSND
2014-07-2335147678001SSND
2014-07-29351483880011SSND
2014-10-2935161806007SSND
2014-10-2935161806005SSND
2014-10-2935161806009SSND
2014-10-2935161806001SSND
2014-10-2935161806003SSND
2014-11-2435165509001SSND
2015-01-1435171716001SSND
2015-01-2635173052001SSND
2015-01-2635173052003SSND
2015-01-2835173425001SSND
2015-05-2035189462008SSND
2015-05-2035189462014SSND
2015-05-2035189462012SSND
2015-05-2035189462004SSND
2015-05-2035189462016SSND
2015-05-2035189462006SSND
2015-05-2035189462002SSND
2015-05-2035189462010SSND
2015-05-2635190466003SSND
2015-05-2635190466001SSND
2015-12-1735222266001SSND