Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Graceland Estates

NOTE: Graceland Estates purchases water from South-Central Service Area which is required to test for nitrite. Sample information shown below was taken by South-Central Service Area.

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.

 

16

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND20ND
2020ND60ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
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

NOTE: Graceland Estates purchases water from South-Central Service Area which is required to test for nitrite. Sample information shown below was taken by South-Central Service Area.

Date Result
2018-03-14ND
2018-03-14ND
2019-05-14ND
2019-05-14ND
2020-03-12ND
2020-03-12ND
2020-03-12ND
2020-03-12ND
2020-03-12ND
2020-03-12ND
2021-03-19ND
2021-03-19ND
2022-03-14ND
2022-03-14ND
2023-03-16ND
2023-03-16ND