Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

High Desert Detention Center

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.

 

10

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND40ND
2022ND40ND
2023N/A00N/A

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
2018-04-24CA3601182_001_001-201804241100ND
2018-07-09CA3601182_001_001-201807091100ND
2021-06-08CA3601182_DST_800-202106081215ND
2021-07-13CA3601182_001_001-202107131205ND
2021-09-21CA3601182_001_001-202109211132ND
2021-12-15CA3601182_001_001-202112151142ND
2022-03-15CA3601182_001_001-202203151207ND
2022-05-25CA3601182_001_001-202205251008ND
2022-07-19CA3601182_001_001-202207191233ND
2022-12-14CA3601182_001_001-202212141113ND