You can’t see it. It doesn’t smell. It doesn’t taste weird. It’s a ghost. That’s the scary part.
If you have a private well, test it once a year. Cheap kits from hardware stores work fine. The EPA says the safe limit is 10 milligrams per liter.
City water? It’s tested for you. But wells are the wild west. One bad rain and your water can spike.
Nitrate In Water Assessment Of Water Quality Indicators In The Orla
Can You Boil It Out?
Nope. Boiling actually concentrates nitrates. You make the problem worse. Pour yourself a nice, hot cup of more toxic soup. Nice try.
Filtration is the only fix. Reverse osmosis systems kick nitrates out like a bouncer at a club. Distillation works too. Simple Brita pitchers? They laugh at nitrates—zero effect.
