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Nitrate

City of Bruceville Eddy

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.

 

24

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

7

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20180.130 ppm42ND - 0.270 ppm
20190.283 ppm43ND - 0.980 ppm
20200.105 ppm43ND - 0.200 ppm
20210.0825 ppm42ND - 0.220 ppm
20220.0650 ppm42ND - 0.140 ppm
20230.153 ppm42ND - 0.390 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
2018-01-22AE09412ND
2018-04-03AE209170.270 ppm
2018-04-03AE209180.250 ppm
2018-12-03AE47514ND
2019-02-26AE55806ND
2019-05-21AE672740.0900 ppm
2019-05-21AE672760.980 ppm
2019-05-21AE672820.0600 ppm
2020-08-25AF24976ND
2020-08-25AF249850.200 ppm
2020-08-25AF249860.1000 ppm
2020-08-25AF249880.120 ppm
2021-01-19AF39644ND
2021-05-25AF552160.110 ppm
2021-05-25AF552170.220 ppm
2021-05-25AF55238ND
2022-05-16AF968570.140 ppm
2022-05-16AF96858ND
2022-05-16AF968590.120 ppm
2022-07-06AG03303ND
2023-08-14AG52241ND
2023-08-14AG52264ND
2023-10-10AG590410.220 ppm
2023-12-13AG664440.390 ppm