Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

City of Moses Lake

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.

 

88

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND180ND
2019ND190ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND230ND
2022ND210ND
2023ND70ND

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
2018-03-28ND
2018-03-28ND
2018-03-28ND
2018-03-29ND
2018-03-29ND
2018-05-15ND
2018-06-28ND
2018-07-02ND
2018-07-05ND
2018-07-05ND
2018-07-09ND
2018-07-09ND
2018-08-13ND
2018-09-10ND
2018-09-10ND
2018-09-10ND
2018-09-11ND
2018-12-10ND
2019-02-07ND
2019-03-26ND
2019-03-26ND
2019-03-26ND
2019-03-27ND
2019-04-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-07-02ND
2019-09-10ND
2019-10-08ND
2019-10-08ND
2019-10-09ND
2019-11-12ND
2019-11-20ND
2019-12-03ND
2021-02-024070315ND
2021-03-084082162ND
2021-03-084082163ND
2021-04-134097785ND
2021-05-124109124ND
2021-06-094218812ND
2021-06-144125930ND
2021-07-214146267ND
2021-07-214146265ND
2021-07-214146266ND
2021-07-214146250ND
2021-07-274146269ND
2021-08-184167005ND
2021-09-014167019ND
2021-09-014167018ND
2021-09-014167017ND
2021-09-274176154ND
2021-10-064186012ND
2021-10-064186009ND
2021-10-064186010ND
2021-10-064186011ND
2021-11-084201775ND
2021-12-074245713ND
2022-03-104256477ND
2022-03-104256468ND
2022-03-104256478ND
2022-03-154252265ND
2022-03-224261482ND
2022-03-224261446ND
2022-03-224261444ND
2022-03-224261480ND
2022-03-224261448ND
2022-04-184266764ND
2022-06-064288930ND
2022-06-064288931ND
2022-06-134290728ND
2022-08-164330214ND
2022-09-124344698ND
2022-09-124355183ND
2022-10-064355192ND
2022-10-064355193ND
2022-10-064354261ND
2022-10-264361002ND
2022-11-284434142ND
2023-10-044573116ND
2023-10-044573122ND
2023-10-264539334ND
2023-11-284547545ND
2023-12-204560253ND
2023-12-204560251ND
2023-12-204560249ND