Water Utility

Fort Bend County Municipal Utility District 106

Location Fort Bend County, Texas,
TX
Serves 13,902
Source Groundwater
PWS ID TX0790296

Overview

Contaminants Detected

Arsenic

Potential Effect: Over Legal Limit
This Utility: 2.35 ppb Legal Limit: 10 ppb
588x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.004 ppb
This Utility: 0.213 ppb No Legal Limit
7.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.03 ppb

Dibromochloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.613 ppb No Legal Limit
6.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Haloacetic acids (HAA5)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.213 ppb Legal Limit: 60 ppb
2.1x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.1 ppb

Radium, combined (-226 and -228)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.79 ppb Legal Limit: 5 ppb
16x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.05 ppb

Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 1.16 ppb Legal Limit: 80 ppb
7.7x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.15 ppb
This Utility: 2.12 ppb Legal Limit: 20 ppb
4.9x
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.43 ppb
This Utility: 145 ppb Legal Limit: 2000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
700 ppb

Bromodichloromethane

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.0296 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 0.6 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.5 ppb
This Utility: 0.695 ppm Legal Limit: 4 ppm
This Utility: 0.283 ppb No Legal Limit

Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*

Potential Effect: cancer
This Utility: 0.08 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
0.06 ppb
This Utility: 25.7 ppb No Legal Limit
This Utility: 5.51 ppb No Legal Limit
EWG's Health Guideline:
100 ppb
This Utility: 0.233 ppb Legal Limit: 10000 ppb
EWG's Health Guideline:
1800 ppb

Find a Filter

See which water filtration technologies are effective at reducing the contaminants detected in this utility's water supply.

Carbon Filters
Filters 4 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+4 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Lower upfront cost
  • Reduced maintenance
Cons
  • Does not remove all contaminants
Reverse Osmosis
Filters 6 contaminants exceeding guidelines (+8 others)

Can reduce the levels of many common contaminants.

Pros
  • Most effective
Cons
  • Higher upfront cost
  • Requires more maintenance
  • Wastes water
Other Considerations
Ion Exchange
PROS: Softens hard water, Reduces some contaminants
CONS: Doesn't remove all contaminants
Whole-House Filters
PROS: Useful for reducing radiologicals and TCE
CONS: Expensive to install and maintain, Risk of bacterial contamination

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Contaminant Activated Carbon Reverse Osmosis Ion Exchange
Contaminants Above Health Guidelines
Arsenic
Dibromoacetic acid
Dibromochloromethane
Haloacetic acids (HAA5)
Radium, combined (-226 and -228)
Total trihalomethanes (TTHMs)
Other Contaminants Detected
Barium
Bromodichloromethane
Bromoform
Fluoride
Germanium
Haloacetic acids (HAA9)*
Lithium
Manganese
Xylenes (total)

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