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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 22
Surface Water releases 2014 (lbs): 83,843
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2014 (lbs): 2,224,949
Pounds released post-treatment 2014 (lbs): 167,900
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2014: 1,038,145,298
Percentage of national total 2014 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.399%

Chemicals displayed below: (
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Nitrate compounds 68,791 1,888,243 68,791 43,339 0.00%
Barium and barium compounds 5,923 3,727 7,078 35,390 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 3,164 0 3,164 1,582 0.00%
Manganese and manganese compounds 2,435 1,760 3,512 24,932 0.00%
Nickel and nickel compounds 810 2,969 2,643 240,502 0.02%
Zinc and zinc compounds 625 225 701 2,313 0.00%
Chromium and chromium compounds 567 1,659 958 479,170,994 46.16%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 527 0 527 73,819 0.01%
Copper and copper compounds 422 966 688 1,031,792 0.10%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds 378 228 533 0 0.00%
Lead and lead compounds 177 56 197 3,549,607 0.34%
1,3-Butadiene 8 0 8 880,000 0.08%
Diphenylamine 6 3 6 209 0.00%
Antimony and antimony compounds 5 0 5 12,625 0.00%
Nitric acid 5 1,310 5 1,350 0.00%
Mercury and mercury compounds 0 0 0 778 0.00%
Molybdenum trioxide 0 0 0 4 0.00%
Acrylonitrile 0 10,905 852 459,907,326 44.30%
Polycyclic aromatic compounds 0 961 71 91,958,055 8.86%
Vinyl chloride 0 9 1 1,024,650 0.10%
tert-Butyl alcohol 0 12,362 6,708 67,076 0.01%
n-Butyl alcohol 0 53,014 4,193 41,934 0.00%
Cyanide compounds 0 134 131 26,293 0.00%
Phenol 0 53,774 4,221 13,930 0.00%
Formaldehyde 0 16,531 1,311 6,555 0.00%
Diethanolamine 0 101 8 5,694 0.00%
Triethylamine 0 21 11 5,437 0.00%
Hydrogen fluoride 0 177 174 4,343 0.00%
Toluene 0 5,180 261 3,394 0.00%
Glycol ethers 0 230 18 3,287 0.00%
Benzene 0 1 0 3,251 0.00%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 0 611 87 1,750 0.00%
Methanol 0 21,640 1,716 1,716 0.00%
Ethyl acrylate 0 0 0 1,094 0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 1 0 118 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 0 1 0 112 0.00%
Acrylic acid 0 150 12 24 0.00%
Vinylidene chloride (1,1-dichloroethylene) 0 5 0 8 0.00%
Methyl acrylate 0 3 0 8 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 3 0 6 0.00%
Carbon disulfide 0 1 0 1 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 1 0 0 0.00%
Methyl methacrylate 0 2 0 0 0.00%
Vinyl acetate 0 1 0 0 0.00%
Butyl acrylate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Propylene oxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Trichloroethylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Acrylamide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cumene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Styrene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,2-Butylene oxide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Allyl chloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Allyl alcohol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Maleic anhydride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cyclohexane 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydroquinone 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dimethylamine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrazine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Carbonyl sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,2-Dichloroethylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 106 8 0 0.00%
N-methylolacrylamide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Titanium tetrachloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Sodium nitrite 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 0 147,876 59,298 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chlorine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrogen sulfide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%

Toxic hazard: Pounds of direct releases to surface water and estimated releases from transfers to Publicly Operated Treatment Works (POTW's) reported in the US Environmental Protection Agency's Toxics Release Inventory for the year 2014, weighted by toxicity of chemicals. Weights are from the EPA's Risk-Screening Environmental Indicators project. For details, see technical notes.

Quantity of toxic surface water releases and POTW transfers: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water at each TRI facility or transferred off-site to a POTW, without weighting for toxicity or population.

Quantity of toxic post-treatment releases: Pounds of toxic chemicals released directly to surface water plus released after treatment at POTW's.

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