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