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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 14
Surface Water releases 2014 (lbs): 7,736,805
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2014 (lbs): 2,417,726
Pounds released post-treatment 2014 (lbs): 7,987,453
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2014: 2,083,126,819
Percentage of national total 2014 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.801%

Chemicals displayed below: (
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Diaminotoluene (mixed isomers) 273 0 273 873,600,000 41.94%
Acrylamide 0 9,013 716 357,816,210 17.18%
Dioxane 2,643 0 2,643 264,300,000 12.69%
Propylene oxide 471 5,356 891 213,759,482 10.26%
p-Chloroaniline 0 2,987 1,606 176,704,942 8.48%
Ethylene oxide 164 1,811 305 67,156,772 3.22%
Chromium and chromium compounds 8 379 97 48,721,997 2.34%
o-Toluidine 193 0 193 46,320,000 2.22%
Aniline 0 27,295 2,159 12,306,502 0.59%
Nitrate compounds 7,552,340 1,266,622 7,552,340 4,757,974 0.23%
Acrylonitrile 8 2 8 4,404,348 0.21%
1,2-Dichloroethane 19 16 26 2,340,083 0.11%
Hydrazine 0 5 1 2,250,000 0.11%
Glycol ethers 11,424 787 11,486 2,067,568 0.10%
Copper and copper compounds 496 2,630 1,220 1,830,079 0.09%
Acetaldehyde 183 0 183 1,445,700 0.07%
Sodium nitrite 110,000 35,003 144,355 1,443,554 0.07%
Lead and lead compounds 5 70 30 537,865 0.03%
Ethyl acrylate 9 14 10 483,072 0.02%
Triethylamine 638 0 638 319,000 0.02%
Biphenyl 0 17,076 195 155,733 0.01%
Diuron 0 12 6 112,837 0.01%
Nickel and nickel compounds 281 1,483 1,196 108,856 0.01%
tert-Butyl alcohol 876 7,738 5,075 50,746 0.00%
Methanol 79 583,250 46,331 46,331 0.00%
Epichlorohydrin 0 5 3 26,705 0.00%
Mercury and mercury compounds 1 1 1 13,143 0.00%
Bromine 5 0 5 10,500 0.00%
Zinc and zinc compounds 2,381 242 2,463 8,128 0.00%
Molybdenum trioxide 1 20 20 7,788 0.00%
Diethanolamine 0 134 11 7,526 0.00%
Chloromethane 2 0 2 2,600 0.00%
Ethylene glycol 769 48,726 4,638 2,319 0.00%
Styrene 43 4,457 271 1,354 0.00%
Nitric acid 5 5 5 1,350 0.00%
n-Butyl alcohol 0 1,500 119 1,187 0.00%
Toluene 15 900 60 785 0.00%
Formaldehyde 156 0 156 780 0.00%
Barium and barium compounds 64 145 109 545 0.00%
Methyl acrylate 14 0 14 447 0.00%
2-Methoxyethanol 2 0 2 360 0.00%
Formic acid 640 0 640 320 0.00%
Naphthalene 5 0 5 250 0.00%
Manganese and manganese compounds 28 5 31 221 0.00%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 1 0 1 196 0.00%
Dibutyl phthalate 0 2,500 19 195 0.00%
Acetonitrile 2 0 2 116 0.00%
Methyl isobutyl ketone 5 0 5 65 0.00%
N,N-Dimethylformamide 5 0 5 50 0.00%
sec-Butyl alcohol 5 0 5 50 0.00%
Pendimethalin 5 0 5 50 0.00%
Xylene (mixed isomers) 0 214 8 42 0.00%
Acrylic acid 1 174 15 30 0.00%
o-Xylene 5 0 5 25 0.00%
Butyl acrylate 3 72 8 16 0.00%
Vinyl acetate 10 0 10 10 0.00%
Methyl methacrylate 7 70 12 9 0.00%
n-Hexane 0 255 0 3 0.00%
Chloroethane (Ethyl chloride) 7 0 7 2 0.00%
2-Ethoxyethanol 0 0 0 1 0.00%
Carbon tetrachloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chloroform 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Benzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ethylene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrogen cyanide 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Phosgene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chlorodifluoromethane (HCFC-22) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dimethyl sulfate 5 0 5 0 0.00%
Isobutyraldehyde 0 0 0 0 0.00%
4,4'-Isopropylidenediphenol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Phthalic anhydride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Toluene-2,6-diisocyanate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,2,4-Trimethylbenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Nitrobenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ethylbenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
4,4'-Methylenedianiline 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,3-Butadiene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Acrolein 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Allyl chloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Propargyl alcohol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Maleic anhydride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chlorobenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cyclohexanol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Phenol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cyclohexane 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Propylene (Propene) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
2,4-Dichlorophenol 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Paraldehyde 1 0 1 0 0.00%
Butyraldehyde 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dimethylamine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dimethyl phthalate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Lithium carbonate 6 25 31 0 0.00%
Toluene-2,4-diisocyanate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone 2 14,956 1,190 0 0.00%
Aluminum (fume or dust) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cobalt and cobalt compounds 47 5 50 0 0.00%
Titanium tetrachloride 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 52,448 381,751 205,530 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chlorine 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ozone 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Dinitrotoluene (mixed isomers) 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Toluenediisocyanate 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chlorophenols 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Cyanide compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Diisocyanates 0 15 0 0 0.00%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 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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