Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Laurel Village 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.

 

28

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
2021ND80ND
2022ND40ND
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
2018-02-01S783902ND
2018-02-01S783903ND
2018-02-01S783904ND
2018-02-01S783901ND
2019-02-18S866490ND
2019-02-18S866491ND
2019-02-18S866493ND
2019-02-18S866494ND
2020-02-24S932615ND
2020-02-24S932617ND
2020-02-24S932616ND
2020-02-24S932577ND
2021-03-26S990115ND
2021-03-26S990114ND
2021-12-02S1117450ND
2021-12-02S1150008ND
2021-12-02S1150009ND
2021-12-16S1159848ND
2021-12-16S1159483ND
2021-12-28S1159980ND
2022-11-04S1242942ND
2022-11-04S1242943ND
2022-11-04S1242944ND
2022-11-04S1242945ND
2023-10-31S1299497ND
2023-10-31S1313247ND
2023-10-31S1313248ND
2023-10-31S1313250ND