Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Colonial Estates # 3

NOTE: Colonial Estates # 3 purchases water from City of Ocean Springs which is required to test for nitrite. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Ocean Springs.

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.

 

25

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND10ND
2019ND10ND
20200.0780 ppm550.0700 ppm - 0.0800 ppm
2021ND40ND
2022ND50ND
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

NOTE: Colonial Estates # 3 purchases water from City of Ocean Springs which is required to test for nitrite. Sample information shown below was taken by City of Ocean Springs.

Date Lab ID Result
2018-02-14180215-027NIND
2018-02-14180215-028NIND
2018-02-14180215-029NIND
2018-02-14180215-035NIND
2018-02-14180215-036NIND
2018-02-14180215-018NIND
2019-02-26190227-010NIND
2019-02-26190227-020NIND
2019-02-26190227-030NIND
2019-02-26190227-040NI0.0200 ppm
2019-02-26190227-076NIND
2020-02-19200220-021NI0.0700 ppm
2020-02-19200220-040NI0.0800 ppm
2020-02-19200220-023NI0.0800 ppm
2020-02-19200220-022NI0.0800 ppm
2020-02-19200220-018NI0.0800 ppm
2021-03-09NI-210310-094ND
2021-03-09NI-210310-095ND
2021-03-09NI-210310-096ND
2021-03-09NI-210310-097ND
2022-02-02NI-220203-015ND
2022-02-02NI-220203-016ND
2022-02-02NI-220203-017ND
2022-02-02NI-220203-018ND
2022-02-02NI-220203-019ND