Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Bethel, Town of

NOTE: Bethel, Town of purchases water from Greenville Utilities Comm. which is required to test for nitrite. Sample information shown below was taken by Greenville Utilities Comm..

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
2018ND50ND
2019ND40ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND10ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND40ND

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: Bethel, Town of purchases water from Greenville Utilities Comm. which is required to test for nitrite. Sample information shown below was taken by Greenville Utilities Comm..

Date Lab ID Result
2018-10-1837729_18-43639ND
2018-10-1837729_18-43640ND
2018-10-1837729_18-43641ND
2018-10-1837729_18-43642ND
2018-10-1837729_18-43636ND
2019-10-2437729_19-46057ND
2019-10-2437729_19-46058ND
2019-10-2437729_19-46059ND
2019-10-2437729_19-46060ND
2020-10-2237729_20-46187ND
2020-10-2237729_20-46186ND
2020-10-2237729_20-46185ND
2020-10-2237729_20-46184ND
2021-11-2237729_21-52095ND
2021-11-2237729_21-52096ND
2021-11-2237729_21-52097ND
2021-11-2237729_21-52098ND
2022-10-1837729_22-51097ND
2022-10-1837729_22-51098ND
2022-10-1837729_22-51099ND
2022-10-1837729_22-51100ND
2023-10-2637729_23-60768ND
2023-10-2637729_23-60769ND
2023-10-2637729_23-60770ND
2023-10-2637729_23-60771ND