Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Moxee Water Department

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.

 

18

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
2018ND30ND
2019ND30ND
2020N/A00N/A
2021ND40ND
2022ND40ND
2023ND40ND

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
2018-08-08ND
2018-08-13ND
2018-08-13ND
2019-08-29ND
2019-08-29ND
2019-08-29ND
2021-08-164150979ND
2021-08-164150978ND
2021-10-124183306ND
2021-11-294207772ND
2022-08-154326493ND
2022-08-154326495ND
2022-08-154326494ND
2022-09-274344695ND
2023-08-104499103ND
2023-08-104499104ND
2023-08-104499105ND
2023-08-154499119ND