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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 15
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 10,474
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 1
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 10,474
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 1,748,685,857
Percentage of national total 2015 surface water and POTW hazard: 0.7%

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Chemicals displayed below: (
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Zinc and zinc compounds 190 1 190 628 0.00%
Naphthalene 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Copper and copper compounds 872 0 872 1,308,000 0.07%
Vanadium and vanadium compounds 500 0 500 70,000 0.00%
Hydrochloric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 500 0 500 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Selenium and selenium compounds 599 0 599 119,800 0.01%
Dioxin and dioxin-like compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Chromium and chromium compounds 1,000 0 1,000 500,000,000 28.59%
Cadmium and cadmium compounds 35 0 35 70,000 0.00%
Arsenic and arsenic compounds 820 0 820 1,230,000,000 70.34%
Cresol (mixed isomers) 250 0 250 5,000 0.00%
Lead and lead compounds 19 0 19 342,000 0.02%
Manganese and manganese compounds 1,000 0 1,000 7,100 0.00%
Mercury and mercury compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Nickel and nickel compounds 689 0 689 62,699 0.00%
Silver and silver compounds 1,000 0 1,000 200,000 0.01%
Thallium and thallium compounds 1,000 0 1,000 14,000,000 0.80%
Antimony and antimony compounds 1,000 0 1,000 2,500,000 0.14%
Nitrate compounds 1,000 0 1,000 630 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 2015, 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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