U.S. Drinking Water Quality and Home Safety by ZIP Code

42,679 U.S. ZIP codes are covered by this dataset on drinking water quality and home safety. Artem Akulov compiled the data from EPA and over 50 federal and state sources. It was last updated in April 2026.

Use Cases

• Predict lead risk scores for ZIP codes using other contaminant levels and violation history.
• Analyze correlations between PFAS contamination data and flood risk scores across geographic regions.
• Estimate remediation costs based on violation types and contaminant concentration levels.
• Cluster ZIP codes by combined water quality and safety profiles using lead scores, PFAS data, and flood risk.

Strengths

• Covers 42,679 U.S. ZIP codes for broad national coverage.
• Aggregates data from over 50 authoritative sources including the EPA.
• Updated weekly for current information.

Limitations

• The 4.8 MB size suggests limited detail per record, likely summary-level statistics.
• No column details are provided, limiting understanding of feature granularity.
• Potential geographic bias if certain states or territories have less comprehensive source data.

Provenance

Source

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and 50+ federal/state sources.

Collection Method

Compiled and aggregated from multiple government and public data sources.

Freshness

Updated weekly; last updated April 2026.

Geography

United States, by ZIP code.