Water Softening
Helps address hardness minerals and scale. A softener does not remove every contaminant listed in a utility report.
Verified utility-level summary
What’s Actually in Friendswood’s Water?
Public drinking water can meet federal standards while still exceeding other health-based guidelines. The comparisons below clearly identify whether a number is an EPA legal limit or an EWG health guideline.
City snapshot
Friendswood
Utility represented: City of Friendswood
EWG data period: 2013–2024
Utility
City of Friendswood
Water source
Purchased surface water
Above EWG guidelines
14
Total detected
57
An EWG health guideline is a health-based benchmark, not an EPA legal limit. Public drinking water can meet federal standards while exceeding other health-based guidelines.
The verified utility summary is available above. Individual contaminant values remain hidden until verified data is supplied.
City of Friendswood
EWG data period: 2013–2024
Purchased surface water
What treatment may help?
Treatment depends on the specific water concern and your home. These technologies address different needs.
Catalytic Carbon
May help reduce chlorine, chloramine, and certain treatment byproducts or other contaminants where supported.
Reverse Osmosis
Provides additional drinking-water treatment and may reduce many dissolved contaminants.
Your home may be different.
Published utility data describes the public water system, not a test of the water at your specific faucet. Water quality can vary by utility, neighborhood, plumbing and over time.
Methodology and disclaimer: Detected values and summary counts on this page come from the supplied Environmental Working Group Tap Water Database record for the represented utility. EWG health guidelines are health-based benchmarks and are not EPA legal limits. Treatment information is educational and does not guarantee performance for a specific home.
Primary data source: Environmental Working Group Tap Water Database