Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Prairie Oaks Estates Homeowners Association

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.

 

6

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
2020ND10ND
20210.0500 ppm110.0500 ppm
20220.0500 ppm110.0500 ppm
2023ND10ND

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
2018-07-03180700093ND
2019-08-06190800165-001ND
2020-07-16200700532ND
2021-07-06210700088-0010.0500 ppm
2022-09-14220900449-0010.0500 ppm
2023-07-20230700890-001ND