Section 3: Water Releases

Water Releases by Sector

The food, beverages and tobacco sector reported the greatest pounds of releases to water in 2013, as shown in this figure. Nitrate compounds accounted for over 98% of releases by this sector. The primary metal and chemical manufacturing sectors reported the next largest releases in 2013, accounting for 17% and 16% of total releases to water respectively.

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