Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Lido-point Lookout Water District

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.

 

137

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND120ND
2019ND230ND
2020ND290ND
2021ND320ND
2022ND190ND
2023ND220ND

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
2018-02-217043558008ND
2018-02-217043558009ND
2018-04-177048700002ND
2018-04-177048700001ND
2018-05-087050980003-SECND
2018-05-087050980001-SECND
2018-05-087050980002-SECND
2018-06-147054970001-SECND
2018-06-147054970003-SECND
2018-06-147054970002-SECND
2018-07-10705767400ND
2018-07-107057674002ND
2019-01-037075453003-SECND
2019-01-037075453002-SECND
2019-01-037075453001-SECND
2019-01-237077393007ND
2019-01-237077393006ND
2019-02-057078359002-SECND
2019-02-057078359001-SECND
2019-02-057078359003-SECND
2019-03-147082345002-SECND
2019-03-147082345001-SECND
2019-03-147082345003-SECND
2019-04-047084642003-SECND
2019-04-047084642001-SECND
2019-04-047084642002-SECND
2019-04-167085980010ND
2019-04-167085980011ND
2019-05-027087916003-PRIND
2019-05-027087916002-PRIND
2019-05-027087916001-PRIND
2019-07-097096746006ND
2019-07-097096746005ND
2019-10-1770108828006ND
2019-10-1770108828005ND
2020-01-1470118229001-PRIND
2020-01-1470118229002-PRIND
2020-01-1470118229003-PRIND
2020-02-0570120620001-PRIND
2020-02-0570120620003-PRIND
2020-02-0570120620002-PRIND
2020-02-2670123102002ND
2020-02-2670123102001ND
2020-03-0470123875003-PRIND
2020-03-0470123875001-PRIND
2020-03-0470123875002-PRIND
2020-04-0270126829003-PRIND
2020-04-0270126829001-PRIND
2020-04-0270126829002-PRIND
2020-04-2370129041002ND
2020-04-2370129041001ND
2020-05-0570130002003-PRIND
2020-05-0570130002001-PRIND
2020-05-0570130002002-PRIND
2020-09-3070147753003 PRIND
2020-09-3070147753002 PRIND
2020-11-1270153204002-PRIND
2020-11-1270153204001-PRIND
2020-11-1270153204003-PRIND
2020-12-0370155408003-PRIND
2020-12-0370155408001-PRIND
2020-12-0370155408002-PRIND
2020-12-1570156696002-PRIND
2020-12-1570156696001-PRIND
2021-01-0670158510003-PRIND
2021-01-0670158510002-PRIND
2021-01-0670158510001-PRIND
2021-03-0470164711001-PRIND
2021-03-0470164711002-PRIND
2021-03-0470164711003-PRIND
2021-04-0870168399002-PRIND
2021-04-0870168399003-PRIND
2021-04-0870168399001-PRIND
2021-05-0570171749002-PRIND
2021-05-0570171749001-PRIND
2021-05-0570171749003-PRIND
2021-05-2570174340007-PRIND
2021-06-0370175492001-PRIND
2021-06-0370175492003-PRIND
2021-06-0370175544005ND
2021-06-0370175492002-PRIND
2021-07-1570181428001-PRIND
2021-07-1570180616003-PRIND
2021-07-1570181428002-PRIND
2021-07-1570180616001-PRIND
2021-07-1570180616002-PRIND
2021-08-0570183115001-PRIND
2021-08-0570183115002-PRIND
2021-08-0570183117003-PRIND
2021-08-0570183117001-PRIND
2021-08-0570183117002-PRIND
2021-11-0470193563003-PRIND
2021-11-0470193563004-PRIND
2021-11-0470193563001-PRIND
2021-11-0470193563005-PRIND
2021-11-0470193563002-PRIND
2022-01-0670200066003-PRIND
2022-01-0670200066002-PRIND
2022-01-0670200066005-PRIND
2022-01-0670200066001-PRIND
2022-01-0670200066004-PRIND
2022-02-0170202576001-PRIND
2022-02-0170202576002-PRIND
2022-02-0170202576005-PRIND
2022-02-0170202576003-PRIND
2022-02-0170202576004-PRIND
2022-05-1170214332002-PRIND
2022-05-1170214332001-PRIND
2022-06-1470218200002ND
2022-10-0670232553001-PRIND
2022-10-0670232553003-PRIND
2022-10-0670232553005-PRIND
2022-10-0670232553002-PRIND
2022-11-0370235574002-PRIND
2022-11-0370235574001-PRIND
2023-01-0570242216005-PRIND
2023-01-0570242216001-PRIND
2023-01-0570242216003-PRIND
2023-01-0570242216002-PRIND
2023-01-0570242216004-PRIND
2023-04-0570251709004-PRIND
2023-04-0570251709005-PRIND
2023-04-0570251709002-PRIND
2023-04-0570251709003-PRIND
2023-04-0570251709001-PRIND
2023-05-0370255053004-PRIND
2023-05-0370255053001-PRIND
2023-05-0370255053005-PRIND
2023-07-0570261986001-PRIND
2023-07-0570261986003-PRIND
2023-07-0570261986002-PRIND
2023-07-2670264669002ND
2023-07-2670264669001ND
2023-08-0270265505001-PRIND
2023-08-0270265505002-PRIND
2023-08-0270265505003-PRIND
2023-10-2670275553001-PRIND