Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Cws - Lower Bodfish Water System

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.

 

7

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018N/A00N/A
2019N/A00N/A
2020ND40ND
2021N/A00N/A
2022N/A00N/A
2023ND30ND

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
2020-01-22CA1510056_008_008-202001221010ND
2020-01-22CA1510056_010_010-202001221021ND
2020-03-17CA1510056_013_013-202003171100ND
2020-03-23CA1510056_022_022-202003231058ND
2023-01-12CA1510056_008_008-202301121031ND
2023-01-12CA1510056_010_010-202301121051ND
2023-03-09CA1510056_013_013-202303091123ND