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EWG's Tap Water Database — 2021 UPDATE

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Nitrate and nitrite

South Farmingdale WD

Nitrate and nitrite enter water from fertilizer runoff, septic tanks and urban runoff. These contaminants can cause oxygen deprivation for infants and increase the risk of cancer. Nitrite is significantly more toxic than nitrate. Click here to read more about nitrate.

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91

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

2

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2013N/A00N/A
2014ND50ND
2015ND130ND
2016ND130ND
20170.0283 ppm181ND - 0.510 ppm
20180.269 ppm172ND - 4.50 ppm
2019ND250ND

ppm = parts per million

State and national drinking water standards and health guidelines

EWG Health Guideline 0.14 ppm

The 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

ppm = parts per million

All test results

Date Lab ID Result
2014-04-151404B59-001-PRIND
2014-05-151405B94-001-PRIND
2014-05-151405B82-001D-PRIND
2014-05-151405B94-002-PRIND
2014-08-141408A32-001-PRIND
2015-03-171503B67-001-PRIND
2015-04-071504418-002-PRIND
2015-04-071504418-001-PRIND
2015-05-041505179-001E-PRIND
2015-05-041505180-001E-PRIND
2015-05-061505344-001E-POCND
2015-05-111505746-001E-PRIND
2015-05-111505746-003E-PRIND
2015-05-121505867-001E-PRIND
2015-05-121505872-001E-PRIND
2015-05-141405A68-001A-PRIND
2015-05-141405A68-002A-PRIND
2015-05-181505C84-001E-PRIND
2016-04-121604A93-002-PRIND
2016-05-031605262-002ND
2016-05-031605262-006-PRIND
2016-05-031605258-003-SECND
2016-05-031605268-006-PRIND
2016-05-031605268-002-PRIND
2016-05-041605366-004ND
2016-05-041605366-002ND
2016-05-041605366-006-PRIND
2016-05-101605903-006-PRIND
2016-05-101605903-002-SECND
2016-05-101605903-004-PRIND
2016-05-191605H44-001-PRIND
2017-01-09708657001-PRIND
2017-01-16709166001-PRIND
2017-04-187016181001-PRIND
2017-04-247016748001-PRIND
2017-04-247016749001-PRIND
2017-05-027017493007-PRIND
2017-05-027017493006ND
2017-05-027017493001ND
2017-05-027017493004ND
2017-05-027017493002-PRIND
2017-05-197019063001-PRIND
2017-05-237019267002-PRIND
2017-05-237019269001-PRIND
2017-05-237019267001-PRIND
2017-05-2370192670020.510 ppm
2017-06-057020387005-PRIND
2017-06-057020387002-PRIND
2017-06-057020387001-PRIND
2018-04-057047387007-SEC0.0700 ppm
2018-04-057047387001-SECND
2018-04-107047807002ND
2018-05-017050121002-SECND
2018-05-037050398001-PRIND
2018-05-087050856003-SECND
2018-05-087050856002-SECND
2018-05-087050856001-PRIND
2018-05-087050859001-SECND
2018-05-097051129003-SECND
2018-05-097051129002ND
2018-05-157051724002-SECND
2018-05-157051724004-PRIND
2018-05-157051724005-PRIND
2018-05-227052407001-SECND
2018-05-227052407003-SECND
2018-10-237069606001-POCS4.50 ppm
2019-03-207082910001-SECND
2019-03-267083435001-SECND
2019-04-047084616004-SECND
2019-04-047084625001-SECND
2019-04-047084616001-SECND
2019-05-087088706006-PRIND
2019-05-087088706002-PRIND
2019-05-087088700002-PRIND
2019-05-087088700004-PRIND
2019-05-087088694004-PRIND
2019-05-087088700005-PRIND
2019-05-087088694002-PRIND
2019-05-087088706003-PRIND
2019-05-137089290009-PRIND
2019-05-137089290001-PRIND
2019-05-137089290003-PRIND
2019-05-137089290007-PRIND
2019-05-137089290005-PRIND
2019-05-147089463005-PRIND
2019-05-147089463001-PRIND
2019-05-147089463006-PRIND
2019-05-147089463003-PRIND
2019-05-207090144001-PRIND
2019-10-0970107840001-PRIND
2019-10-0970107840003-PRIND