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Rank in Toxic 100 Water: 54
Surface Water releases 2015 (lbs): 15,497,673
POTW (sewerage plant) transfers 2015 (lbs): 194,670
Pounds released post-treatment 2015 (lbs): 15,580,203
Total Surface Water and POTW Toxic Hazard 2015: 81,272,963

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Chemicals displayed below: (
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Chromium and chromium compounds 100 0 100 50,000,000 61.52%
Hydrogen sulfide 10,779 1,515 11,121 20,018,502 24.63%
Nitrate compounds 15,482,115 6,751 15,482,115 9,753,732 12.00%
Peroxyacetic acid 305 5 305 1,374,287 1.69%
Sodium nitrite 10 12,872 12,644 126,439 0.16%
Ethylene glycol 0 97 8 4 0.00%
Nickel and nickel compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Manganese and manganese compounds 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Ammonia 4,364 173,430 73,909 0 0.00%
Sulfuric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Nitric acid 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Glycol ethers 0 0 0 0 0.00%
Formaldehyde 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 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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