Lead Testing in New York State School Drinking Water, 2020 Compliance Year

Compliance Year 2020 results from lead testing in drinking water mandated for all New York State public schools and BOCES. The dataset was reported by each school district to the NYS Department of Health and includes sampling dates, outlet counts, and remediation status. Data is provided by health.data.ny.gov and was last updated on the platform in January 2026.

Use Cases

• Identify schools with elevated lead levels by analyzing the 'Result > 15 ppb' and 'Remediation Status' columns.
• Assess regional compliance rates by aggregating 'Sampling Complete' and 'All Results Received' flags by 'County' or 'School District'.
• Map testing infrastructure density using the 'Number of Outlets that Require Sampling' and 'Location' columns for geospatial analysis.

Strengths

• Mandatory reporting under New York State Public Health Law provides a regulatory basis for data collection.
• Includes specific compliance year (2020) and detailed location columns such as 'School Street', 'School City', and 'County'.
• Multiple data formats (CSV, JSON, XML, RDF) are available for download.

Limitations

• Row count and total dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

New York State Department of Health, reported by public school districts and BOCES.

Collection Method

Mandatory sampling and reporting under NYS regulation 10 NYCRR 67-4.

Time Range

Compliance Year 2020.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-01-23 14:38:24; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New York State, United States.