Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Fall Brook Mobile Home Park

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.

 

23

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND40ND
2019ND50ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND40ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND20ND

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
2018-03-26CA08267NOXND
2018-06-12CA68899NOXND
2018-09-25CB37944ND
2018-12-12CC12545ND
2019-03-22CC73177ND
2019-06-27CD46000ND
2019-09-20CE13999ND
2019-12-20CE92115ND
2019-12-20CE92116ND
2020-03-18CF52230ND
2020-06-22CG18446ND
2020-09-18CG80687ND
2020-12-21CH34921ND
2021-03-19CH82100ND
2021-06-21CI58709ND
2021-09-24CJ40632ND
2021-12-28CK06027ND
2022-03-24D2A2122-02NOXND
2022-06-17D2D0227-02NO2ND
2022-09-22D2G0251-02NO2ND
2022-12-30D2J0235-02NO2ND
2023-03-27D3A0118-02NO2ND
2023-06-21D3D0126-02NO2ND