Section 3: Water Releases

Water Releases by Chemical

As shown in this figure, nitrate compounds accounted for 89% of all water releases in 2013. Nitrate compounds are soluble in water and commonly formed as part of wastewater treatment processes. Manganese, ammonia and methanol are the next most commonly released chemicals, and combined account for 7% of 2013 releases to water.

This page was published in January 2015 and uses the 2013 TRI National Analysis dataset made public in TRI Explorer in October 2014.