Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Pawc Pocono 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.

 

54

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND90ND
2019ND90ND
2020ND90ND
2021ND90ND
2022ND90ND
2023ND90ND

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
2018-08-1440636301ND
2018-08-1440635901ND
2018-08-1440635701ND
2018-08-1440636501ND
2018-08-1440636701ND
2018-08-1440636901ND
2018-08-1440637201ND
2018-08-1440635501ND
2018-11-2042473401ND
2019-09-0445821601ND
2019-09-0445821001ND
2019-09-0445821801ND
2019-09-0445821701ND
2019-09-0445821501ND
2019-09-0445821401ND
2019-09-0445821301ND
2019-09-0445821201ND
2019-09-0445821101ND
2020-08-1722822541.00ND
2020-08-1722822539.00ND
2020-08-1722822537.00ND
2020-08-1722822535.00ND
2020-08-1722822533.00ND
2020-08-1722822531.00ND
2020-08-1722822529.00ND
2020-08-1722822527.00ND
2020-08-1722822525.00ND
2021-08-0425046385.00ND
2021-08-0425046377.00ND
2021-08-0425046389.00ND
2021-08-0425046391.00ND
2021-08-0425046387.00ND
2021-08-0425046383.00ND
2021-08-0425046393.00ND
2021-08-0425046379.00ND
2021-08-0425046381.00ND
2022-08-2427259146.00ND
2022-08-2427259156.00ND
2022-08-2427259443.00ND
2022-08-2427259144.00ND
2022-08-2427259445.00ND
2022-08-2427259151.00ND
2022-08-2427259152.00ND
2022-08-2427259148.00ND
2022-08-2427259154.00ND
2023-08-2329522748.00ND
2023-08-2329522764.00ND
2023-08-2329522763.00ND
2023-08-2329522761.00ND
2023-08-2329522759.00ND
2023-08-2329522751.00ND
2023-08-2329522757.00ND
2023-08-2329522755.00ND
2023-08-2329522753.00ND