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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 41
Surface Water releases 2014 (lbs): 12,055
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2014 (lbs): 690,627
Pounds released post-treatment 2014 (lbs): 39,470
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2014: 187,287,046
Percentage of national total 2014 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.072%

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Chromium and chromium compounds 339 55 352 176,091,340 94.02%
Lead and lead compounds 348 65 371 6,686,939 3.57%
Glycol ethers 0 264,790 21,024 3,784,380 2.02%
Copper and copper compounds 279 141 317 476,047 0.25%
Nickel and nickel compounds 69 2,674 1,719 156,408 0.08%
Manganese and manganese compounds 10,517 2,320 11,936 84,747 0.05%
Zinc and zinc compounds 457 3,972 1,802 5,945 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 0 23,933 1,900 950 0.00%
Phenol 43 0 43 142 0.00%
Mercury and mercury compounds 0 0 0 131 0.00%
Barium and barium compounds 3 0 3 15 0.00%
Methanol 0 19 2 2 0.00%
Formaldehyde 0 0 0 0 0.00%
n-Butyl alcohol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cumene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Toluene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
n-Hexane 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Beryllium and beryllium compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrogen fluoride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diisocyanates 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Nitrate compounds 0 392,624 0 0 0.00%
Polychlorinated alkanes 0 34 0 0 0.00%
Polycyclic aromatic 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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