Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

City of Grandview

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.

 

384

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20180.00192 ppm1041ND - 0.200 ppm
20190.00136 ppm1032ND - 0.0800 ppm
2020N/A00N/A
20210.00377 ppm532ND - 0.1000 ppm
20220.0465 ppm6410ND - 0.470 ppm
20230.0338 ppm608ND - 0.376 ppm

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
2018-01-08ND
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2018-03-190.200 ppm
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2019-08-050.0800 ppm
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2019-08-050.0600 ppm
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2022-05-0242725420.390 ppm
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2022-06-0642912130.0700 ppm
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2022-10-0343515990.369 ppm
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2022-10-0343629740.470 ppm
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2023-02-0644062610.260 ppm
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2023-04-0344291980.376 ppm
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2023-06-1244701730.205 ppm
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2023-10-0945420440.230 ppm
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