Lead Pipe Data by Area — New York

Lead pipe replacement law in New York

New York's own Lead Pipe Right to Know Act (signed December 2023, codified at NY Public Health Law § 1114-b) requires every covered water system to submit a service line inventory to the state and update it annually, and requires the state to publish those inventories and build searchable maps for larger systems. Separately, New York City's Local Law 65 of 2019 requires NYC's Department of Environmental Protection to inventory and publicly map service line materials citywide. Neither law sets its own replacement deadline beyond the federal one below — they're inventory-and-disclosure laws, not replacement mandates.

Separately from any state law, the EPA's federal Lead and Copper Rule Improvements require every water system nationwide to submit a baseline inventory and an approved replacement plan by November 1, 2027, then fully replace all lead and "galvanized requiring replacement" lines under its control on a schedule of 10 years or less from that date, replacing at least 10% of its known lead/GRR lines per year. A narrow exception allows a longer schedule only for the roughly 1% of systems with an unusually dense concentration of lead lines, and partial (non-emergency) replacements are prohibited.

• NY Senate Bill S5512 (Lead Pipe Right to Know Act) →
• NYS DOH lead service line inventory map →
• NYC LeadFreeNYC service line maps →
• EPA LCRI technical fact sheet: states and public water systems →
• EPA LCRI technical fact sheet: deferred deadlines →