A dataset of boil water order reports from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources Water Protection Program. The data includes columns such as Issue Date, System Name, Contaminant of Concern, Location, and PWS ID#. It is published on the data.mo.gov platform via Socrata and was last updated on 2026-03-19.
Use Cases
- Mapping boil order incidents by location and county using Lat/Lng and Counties columns (from 14 available columns).
- Analyzing temporal trends in water advisories by contaminant type using Issue Date and Contaminant of Concern columns (from 14 available columns).
- Correlating water system incidents with administrative boundaries using PWS ID#, School Districts, and Missouri Counties columns (from 14 available columns).
Strengths
- Published on the official data.mo.gov platform via Socrata.
- Contains multiple geospatial reference columns (Lat/Lng, Lat/Lng (address), Lat/Lng (zip)).
- Available in multiple machine-readable formats including CSV, JSON, and XML.
Limitations
- Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
- Row count and data scale are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- License and author information are unknown.
Provenance
- Source
- data.mo.gov
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-19 18:49:10; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Missouri, United States (inferred from Missouri Counties column and platform)