Know Your Environment. Protect Your Health.

Nitrite

Sky Line Village Mobile Home Park

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.

 

13

Samples

0

Samples exceeding legal limit (MCL)

0

Samples exceeding
health guidelines

Testing results - average by year

 
YearAverage resultSamples takenDetectionsRange of results
20180.845 ppm220.720 ppm - 0.970 ppm
20190.283 ppm43ND - 0.570 ppm
20200.402 ppm54ND - 0.570 ppm
2021N/A00N/A
20220.920 ppm110.920 ppm
2023ND10ND

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
2018-09-06293330-2018-DW0.970 ppm
2018-11-28297550-2018-DW0.720 ppm
2019-02-14300913-2019-DW0.570 ppm
2019-04-10303679-2019-DWI0.310 ppm
2019-08-01309738-2019-DWND
2019-10-07313893-2019-DW0.250 ppm
2020-02-20320757-2020-DW0.480 ppm
2020-02-20320757-2020-DW0.480 ppm
2020-05-08324749-2020-DW0.570 ppm
2020-07-07327858-2020-DW0.480 ppm
2020-11-10335398-2020-DWND
2022-06-02FWF0135-010.920 ppm
2023-06-04FXD0438-01ND