Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

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Nitrite, closely related to the fertilizer chemical nitrate, comes from urban runoff and from fertilizer applied to agricultural lands to pollute drinking water. Nitrite is significantly more toxic than nitrate. Excessive nitrite in water can cause oxygen deprivation in infants and increase the risk of cancer.

 

140

Samples

1

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND360ND
2021ND370ND
2022ND320ND
20230.0364 ppm331ND - 1.20 ppm

ppm = parts per million

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 1 ppm

The legal limit for nitrite, established in 1991, was based on the rate of conversion of ingested nitrate into nitrite in adults. This limit may not fully protect against the risk of cancer due to nitrite exposure.

ppm = parts per million

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-07-18201807190397IND
2018-07-18201807190398IND
2020-12-2220L2595-01ND
2020-12-2220L2595-02ND
2020-12-2220L2595-03ND
2020-12-2220L2595-04ND
2020-12-2220L2595-05ND
2020-12-2220L2595-06ND
2020-12-2220L2595-07ND
2020-12-2220L2595-08ND
2020-12-2220L2595-09ND
2020-12-2220L2595-10ND
2020-12-2220L2595-11ND
2020-12-2220L2595-12ND
2020-12-2220L2595-13ND
2020-12-2220L2595-14ND
2020-12-2220L2595-15ND
2020-12-2220L2595-16ND
2020-12-2220L2595-17ND
2020-12-2220L2595-18ND
2020-12-2220L2595-19ND
2020-12-2220L2595-20ND
2020-12-2220L2595-21ND
2020-12-2220L2595-22ND
2020-12-2220L2595-23ND
2020-12-2220L2595-24ND
2020-12-2220L2595-25ND
2020-12-2220L2595-26ND
2020-12-2220L2595-27ND
2020-12-2220L2595-28ND
2020-12-2220L2595-29ND
2020-12-2220L2595-30ND
2020-12-2220L2595-31ND
2020-12-2220L2595-32ND
2020-12-2220L2595-33ND
2020-12-2220L2595-34ND
2020-12-2220L2595-35ND
2020-12-2220L2595-36ND
2021-12-0921L1322-01ND
2021-12-0921L1322-02ND
2021-12-0921L1322-03ND
2021-12-0921L1322-04ND
2021-12-0921L1322-05ND
2021-12-0921L1322-06ND
2021-12-0921L1322-07ND
2021-12-0921L1322-08ND
2021-12-0921L1322-09ND
2021-12-0921L1322-10ND
2021-12-0921L1322-11ND
2021-12-0921L1322-12ND
2021-12-0921L1322-13ND
2021-12-0921L1322-14ND
2021-12-0921L1322-15ND
2021-12-0921L1322-16ND
2021-12-0921L1322-17ND
2021-12-0921L1322-18ND
2021-12-0921L1322-19ND
2021-12-0921L1322-20ND
2021-12-0921L1322-21ND
2021-12-0921L1322-22ND
2021-12-0921L1322-23ND
2021-12-0921L1322-24ND
2021-12-0921L1322-25ND
2021-12-0921L1322-26ND
2021-12-0921L1322-27ND
2021-12-0921L1322-28ND
2021-12-0921L1322-29ND
2021-12-0921L1322-30ND
2021-12-0921L1322-31ND
2021-12-0921L1322-32ND
2021-12-0921L1322-33ND
2021-12-0921L1322-34ND
2021-12-0921L1322-35ND
2021-12-0921L1322-36ND
2021-12-0921L1322-37ND
2022-01-0422A0425-01ND
2022-06-15550-185685-10IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-11IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-12IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-13IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-14IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-15IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-16IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-17IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-18IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-19IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-20IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-21IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-23IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-24IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-25IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-26IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-27IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-28IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-29IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-2IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-30IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-31IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-32IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-33IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-3IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-4IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-5IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-6IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-7IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-8IOCND
2022-06-15550-185685-9IOCND
2023-06-23550-203846-1ND
2023-06-23550-203846-10ND
2023-06-23550-203846-11ND
2023-06-23550-203846-12ND
2023-06-23550-203846-13ND
2023-06-23550-203846-141.20 ppm
2023-06-23550-203846-15ND
2023-06-23550-203846-16ND
2023-06-23550-203846-17ND
2023-06-23550-203846-18ND
2023-06-23550-203846-19ND
2023-06-23550-203846-2ND
2023-06-23550-203846-20ND
2023-06-23550-203846-21ND
2023-06-23550-203846-22ND
2023-06-23550-203846-23ND
2023-06-23550-203846-24ND
2023-06-23550-203846-25ND
2023-06-23550-203846-26ND
2023-06-23550-203846-27ND
2023-06-23550-203846-28ND
2023-06-23550-203846-29ND
2023-06-23550-203846-3ND
2023-06-23550-203846-30ND
2023-06-23550-203846-31ND
2023-06-23550-203846-32ND
2023-06-23550-203846-33ND
2023-06-23550-203846-4ND
2023-06-23550-203846-5ND
2023-06-23550-203846-6ND
2023-06-23550-203846-7ND
2023-06-23550-203846-8ND
2023-06-23550-203846-9ND