Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Linway Estates 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.

 

22

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019N/A00N/A
20200.0313 ppm82ND - 0.125 ppm
20210.0188 ppm84ND - 0.0500 ppm
20220.0500 ppm220.0500 ppm
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
2018-07-2518G1124-02ND
2018-07-2518G1124-01ND
2020-04-2120D0324-01ND
2020-04-2120D0324-02ND
2020-09-21200900703-0010.125 ppm
2020-09-21200900703-0030.125 ppm
2020-09-21200900703_001_002ND
2020-09-21200900703_003_004ND
2020-10-19201000646-003ND
2020-10-19201000646-001ND
2021-03-08210300348-0030.0250 ppm
2021-03-08210300348-0010.0250 ppm
2021-05-17210500608-001ND
2021-05-17210500608-003ND
2021-07-20210700696-001ND
2021-07-20210700696-003ND
2021-10-18211000653-0030.0500 ppm
2021-10-18211000653-0010.0500 ppm
2022-09-26220900857-0010.0500 ppm
2022-09-26220900857-0030.0500 ppm
2023-09-19230900666-001ND
2023-09-19230900666-003ND