Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrate

Emigrant Gap Mutual Water Company

Nitrate, a fertilizer chemical, frequently contaminates drinking water due to agricultural and urban runoff, and discharges from municipal wastewater treatment plants and septic tanks. Excessive nitrate in water can cause oxygen deprivation in infants and increase the risk of cancer. Click here to read more about nitrate.

 

14

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
2023ND20ND

ppm = parts per million

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.14 ppm

The EWG health guideline of 0.14 parts per million, or ppm, for nitrate and nitrite is based on the equivalent health guideline for nitrate, as defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG. This guideline represents a one-in-one-million annual cancer risk level.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 10 ppm

The legal limit for nitrate, established in 1962, was developed to protect infants from acute methemoglobinemia, a life-threatening disorder of oxygen transport in the body. This limit does not fully protect against the risk of cancer and harm to the developing fetus.

ppm = parts per million

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-03-05CA3103310_002_002-201803051045ND
2018-03-05CA3103310_001_001-201803051030ND
2019-03-01CA3103310_002_002-201903011050ND
2019-03-01CA3103310_001_001-201903011020ND
2020-03-04CA3103310_001_001-202003041105ND
2020-03-04CA3103310_002_002-202003041100ND
2020-05-04CA3103310_001_001-202005040940ND
2020-05-04CA3103310_002_002-202005040950ND
2021-07-08CA3103310_002_002-202107080630ND
2021-07-08CA3103310_001_001-202107080635ND
2022-07-25CA3103310_001_001-202207251020ND
2022-07-25CA3103310_002_002-202207251026ND
2023-07-17CA3103310_001_001-202307171155ND
2023-07-17CA3103310_002_002-202307171205ND