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Nitrate

Hunters Creek Mobile Home Park

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)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20180.0250 ppm220.0230 ppm - 0.0270 ppm
2019ND20ND
20200.0170 ppm220.0140 ppm - 0.0200 ppm
20210.0270 ppm220.0260 ppm - 0.0280 ppm
2022ND20ND
20230.0500 ppm220.0500 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
2018-11-15480-145462-20.0230 ppm
2018-11-15480-145462-10.0270 ppm
2019-05-01R1903905-001N2ND
2019-05-01R1903905-001NND
2020-12-21R2012182-0020.0200 ppm
2020-12-21R2012182-0030.0140 ppm
2021-11-09R2111924-001-00.0280 ppm
2021-11-09R2111924-002--00.0260 ppm
2022-05-03R2204040-001ND
2022-05-03R2204040-002ND
2023-11-30R2311073-0020.0500 ppm
2023-11-30R2311073-0030.0500 ppm