Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Travis Air Force Base Water Treatment Plant - Vallejo

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.

 

53

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND60ND
2019ND110ND
2020ND130ND
2021ND90ND
2022ND80ND
2023ND60ND

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
2018-01-09CA4810015_003_003-201801090802ND
2018-01-09CA4810015_003_003-201801090758ND
2018-04-11CA4810015_003_003-201804110740ND
2018-07-09CA4810015_003_003-201807090840ND
2018-09-27CA4810015_001_001-201809271105ND
2018-10-09CA4810015_003_003-201810090750ND
2019-01-07CA4810015_003_003-201901070825ND
2019-01-07CA4810015_003_003-201901070825ND
2019-04-02CA4810015_003_003-201904020745ND
2019-04-02CA4810015_003_003-201904020750ND
2019-04-15CA4810015_001_001-201904151145ND
2019-07-01CA4810015_003_003-201907010805ND
2019-07-01CA4810015_003_003-201907010817ND
2019-07-22CA4810015_001_001-201907221218ND
2019-09-23CA4810015_001_001-201909231205ND
2019-10-08CA4810015_003_003-201910080900ND
2019-10-21CA4810015_001_001-201910211154ND
2020-01-07CA4810015_003_003-202001070855ND
2020-01-07CA4810015_003_003-202001070855ND
2020-01-13CA4810015_001_001-202001131126ND
2020-01-13CA4810015_002_002-202001130843ND
2020-04-01CA4810015_003_003-202004010825ND
2020-04-20CA4810015_001_001-202004201100ND
2020-07-13CA4810015_003_003-202007130945ND
2020-07-13CA4810015_001_001-202007131124ND
2020-09-14CA4810015_001_001-202009141102ND
2020-10-05CA4810015_003_003-202010050842ND
2020-10-05CA4810015_003_003-202010050835ND
2020-10-13CA4810015_001_001-202010131110ND
2020-10-13CA4810015_005_005-202010130840ND
2021-01-11CA4810015_001_001-202101111203ND
2021-01-11CA4810015_003_003-202101110850ND
2021-04-01CA4810015_003_003-202104010821ND
2021-04-12CA4810015_001_001-202104121057ND
2021-07-07CA4810015_003_003-202107070820ND
2021-07-12CA4810015_001_001-202107121054ND
2021-09-13CA4810015_001_001-202109131133ND
2021-10-04CA4810015_003_003-202110040805ND
2021-10-19CA4810015_001_001-202110191025ND
2022-01-05CA4810015_003_003-202201050906ND
2022-01-10CA4810015_001_001-202201101125ND
2022-04-11CA4810015_001_001-202204111110ND
2022-07-06CA4810015_003_003-202207060830ND
2022-07-11CA4810015_001_001-202207111109ND
2022-09-12CA4810015_001_001-202209121111ND
2022-10-17CA4810015_001_001-202210171120ND
2022-11-21CA4810015_003_003-202211211130ND
2023-01-09CA4810015_001_001-202301091157ND
2023-01-10CA4810015_003_003-202301100815ND
2023-04-10CA4810015_001_001-202304101039ND
2023-07-10CA4810015_001_001-202307101150ND
2023-09-11CA4810015_001_001-202309111259ND
2023-10-16CA4810015_001_001-202310161157ND