CCME Summary Table

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Nitrite

Parameter 1: INORGANIC
Parameter 2: Inorganic nitrogen compounds

Water Quality for the Protection of Aquatic Life
Freshwater
Concentration (µg/L)	60 NO₂-N
No fact sheet created. For more information on this guideline, please refer to Canadian Water Quality Guidelines (CCREM 1987). Guideline is expressed as µg nitrite-nitrogen/L. This value is equivalent to 197 µg nitrite/L.
Date	1987
Marine
Concentration (µg/L)	No data
Date	No data
Water Quality for the Protection of Agriculture
Irrigation
Concentration (µg/L)	No data
Date	No data
Livestock
Concentration (µg/L)	10 000 NO₂-N
No fact sheet created. For more information on this guideline, please refer to Canadian Water Quality Guidelines (CCREM 1987). Guideline is expressed as µg nitrite-nitrogen/L. This value is equivalent to 32 800 µg nitrite/L.
Date	1987
Sediment Quality for the Protection of Aquatic Life
Freshwater
Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - ISQG	No data
Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - PEL	No data
Date	No data
Marine
Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - ISQG	No data
Concentration (µg/kg dry weight) - PEL	No data
Date	No data
Soil Quality for the Protection of Environmental and Human Health
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Agricultural	No data
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Residential / parkland	No data
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Commercial	No data
Concentration (mg/kg dry weight) - Industrial	No data
Date	No data
Tissue Residue Quality for the Protection of Widlife Consumer of Aquatic Biota
Concentration (µg/kg diet wet weight)	No data
Date	No data