Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Averills 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.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND60ND
2021ND10ND
2022N/A00N/A
2023N/A00N/A

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
2018-10-01301810840CND
2019-04-15301902759CND
2019-10-281919887-01ND
2019-10-28301911856CND
2019-11-04301912110CND
2020-03-23452000280CND
2020-04-07452000310CND
2020-04-07452000310ND
2020-09-21452001173ND
2020-10-13452001275-TNNND
2020-11-03452001362ND
2021-10-21452101617CND