What's in your water?

Select your city to see what's commonly detected in your local water, how levels compare with published standards and health guidelines, and which treatment options may help.

City snapshot

Sugar Land

Utility represented: City of Sugar Land

EWG data period: 2013–2023

Utility

City of Sugar Land

Water source

Surface water

Above EWG guidelines

17

Total detected

42

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.

Notable verified findings

6:2 Fluorotelomer Sulfonic Acid (6:2 FTSA)

Detected: 60.2 ppt

60×

EWG health guideline

Bromodichloromethane

Detected: 0.884 ppb

Approximately 15×

EWG health guideline

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Regulatory limits

The EPA sets legal limits (like MCLs) that public water systems must meet. When we show one, it's always labeled as a legal limit.

Health guidelines

Some organizations publish stricter, non-regulatory health guidelines. They're useful context — but they are not legal limits, and we never present them as such.

Context, not fear

City data describes the public water supply — not your exact faucet. We show results within standards alongside the ones worth a conversation. Informative, not frightening.