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Nitrate

Yadkinville, Town of

Nitrate, a fertilizer chemical, frequently contaminates drinking water due to agricultural and urban runoff, and discharges from municipal wastewater treatment plants and septic tanks. Excessive nitrate in water can cause oxygen deprivation in infants and increase the risk of cancer. Click here to read more about nitrate.

 

12

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

3

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20180.500 ppm21ND - 1.000 ppm
20191.10 ppm111.10 ppm
2020ND30ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND20ND
20230.550 ppm21ND - 1.10 ppm

ppm = parts per million

State, National, and Health Guidelines for Drinking Water

EWG Health Guideline: 0.14 ppm

The EWG health guideline of 0.14 parts per million, or ppm, for nitrate and nitrite is based on the equivalent health guideline for nitrate, as defined in a peer-reviewed scientific study by EWG. This guideline represents a one-in-one-million annual cancer risk level.

EPA Maximum Contaminant
Level (MCL): 10 ppm

The legal limit for nitrate, established in 1962, was developed to protect infants from acute methemoglobinemia, a life-threatening disorder of oxygen transport in the body. This limit does not fully protect against the risk of cancer and harm to the developing fetus.

ppm = parts per million

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2018-04-0592379788001N+N1.000 ppm
2018-05-1792385214001N+NND
2019-04-0492424085001_377121.10 ppm
2020-02-2792467099001_37712ND
2020-11-1792506638001_37712ND
2020-11-1792506638002_37712ND
2021-11-1092572132001_37738ND
2021-11-1092572132002_37738ND
2022-08-1192620004001_37712ND
2022-09-0792624364001_37712ND
2023-01-0592645353001_377121.10 ppm
2023-01-1292646609001_37738ND