Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Lower Bucks County Joint Municipal Authority

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.

 

15

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND20ND
2019ND50ND
2020ND40ND
2021ND20ND
2022ND10ND
2023ND10ND

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
2018-09-19AF96296ND
2018-11-13AG01498ND
2019-02-26AG10083ND
2019-04-09AG14041ND
2019-07-01AG23013ND
2019-09-24AG33845ND
2019-10-09AG35578ND
2020-01-1521484465.00ND
2020-04-1622003237.00ND
2020-07-2122587267.00ND
2020-10-0823163627.00ND
2021-01-1423693184.00ND
2021-10-1325385134.00ND
2022-02-2326099740.00ND
2023-02-1528331126.00ND