“…The main urinary and faecal metabolites of pharmaceutical estrogens are estrone (E1), E2, EE2, and estriol (E3) [ 58 , 59 ], indicating for faecal contaminants in surface water. All the aforementioned EDCs have been extensively researched and reported for their presence in the aquatic environment [ 1 , [60] , [61] , [62] , [63] ] and groundwater [ 64 , 65 ]. On the contrary, only a few literature exist for the presence of these pharmaceuticals and xenoestrogens in drinking water [ [66] , [67] , [68] , [69] ].…”