Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Bantam Village

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
2019ND40ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND40ND
20220.0333 ppm31ND - 0.1000 ppm
2023ND40ND

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
2018-01-02308177GEND
2018-04-03310741GEND
2018-07-03313811GEND
2018-10-11317347GEND
2019-01-02319738GEND
2019-04-02322270GEND
2019-07-17325915GEND
2019-10-02328537GEND
2020-01-09331120GEND
2020-04-02333296GEND
2020-07-23336954GEND
2020-10-19339871GEND
2021-01-18342061ND
2021-04-07343875ND
2021-07-01346370ND
2021-10-06349575ND
2022-04-18420-221515-1ND
2022-07-14290542ND
2022-10-202993690.1000 ppm
2023-01-03303741ND
2023-04-11N304405-01PPSND
2023-07-24N3G0805-01ND
2023-10-02N3J0024-01ND