Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Coast Springs - Cal. Water Service (puc)

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.

 

59

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND100ND
2019ND100ND
2020ND100ND
2021ND100ND
2022ND100ND
2023ND90ND

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
2018-06-26CA2110007_001_001-201806261230ND
2018-07-16CA2110007_008_008-201807161220ND
2018-07-16CA2110007_006_006-201807161125ND
2018-07-16CA2110007_007_007-201807161155ND
2018-07-23CA2110007_003_003-201807231150ND
2018-07-23CA2110007_004_004-201807231210ND
2018-07-26CA2110007_016_016-201807261155ND
2018-07-26CA2110007_005_005-201807261140ND
2018-08-06CA2110007_010_010-201808061105ND
2018-08-06CA2110007_002_002-201808061045ND
2019-06-12CA2110007_001_001-201906121245ND
2019-06-17CA2110007_003_003-201906171100ND
2019-06-17CA2110007_002_002-201906171045ND
2019-07-08CA2110007_005_005-201907081340ND
2019-08-01CA2110007_010_010-201908011040ND
2019-08-12CA2110007_016_016-201908121025ND
2019-10-07CA2110007_004_004-201910071105ND
2019-10-07CA2110007_007_007-201910071000ND
2019-10-07CA2110007_006_006-201910071035ND
2019-10-07CA2110007_008_008-201910071020ND
2020-06-15CA2110007_008_008-202006150945ND
2020-06-15CA2110007_007_007-202006151000ND
2020-06-15CA2110007_005_005-202006151040ND
2020-06-15CA2110007_001_001-202006151120ND
2020-06-18CA2110007_016_016-202006181000ND
2020-06-24CA2110007_003_003-202006241140ND
2020-06-24CA2110007_002_002-202006241245ND
2020-06-24CA2110007_004_004-202006241200ND
2020-07-14CA2110007_010_010-202007141050ND
2020-10-05CA2110007_006_006-202010050730ND
2021-06-14CA2110007_004_004-202106141210ND
2021-06-14CA2110007_006_006-202106141225ND
2021-06-14CA2110007_002_002-202106141155ND
2021-06-14CA2110007_001_001-202106141110ND
2021-06-22CA2110007_008_008-202106221010ND
2021-06-22CA2110007_005_005-202106221035ND
2021-06-22CA2110007_016_016-202106221100ND
2021-07-01CA2110007_007_007-202107011155ND
2021-07-06CA2110007_003_003-202107060950ND
2021-07-06CA2110007_010_010-202107060900ND
2022-06-13CA2110007_001_001-202206131150ND
2022-06-14CA2110007_006_006-202206141010ND
2022-06-14CA2110007_005_005-202206141215ND
2022-06-14CA2110007_007_007-202206141050ND
2022-06-14CA2110007_002_002-202206141145ND
2022-06-14CA2110007_016_016-202206141225ND
2022-06-28CA2110007_008_008-202206281130ND
2022-08-16CA2110007_004_004-202208161235ND
2022-08-16CA2110007_003_003-202208161230ND
2022-08-16CA2110007_010_010-202208161215ND
2023-06-06CA2110007_001_001-202306061140ND
2023-06-19CA2110007_016_016-202306191000ND
2023-06-19CA2110007_005_005-202306190930ND
2023-06-21CA2110007_006_006-202306210900ND
2023-06-21CA2110007_007_007-202306210930ND
2023-06-22CA2110007_008_008-202306221130ND
2023-06-27CA2110007_004_004-202306270930ND
2023-06-28CA2110007_002_002-202306280945ND
2023-07-18CA2110007_010_010-202307181140ND