Drinking Water Protection Program
Explore resources dedicated to providing safe, quality drinking water to New Yorkers. Find out about programs that manage, protect and help fund New York’s public drinking water systems supplying nearly 95% of residents with drinking water. Learn how to reduce exposure to drinking water contaminants, and maintain and safeguard household wells and septic systems.
Your Drinking Water
- Public Water - Frequently Asked Questions, Facts and Figures, Annual Water Compliance Reports
- Contact Your Drinking Water System
- Drinking Water Concerns - Testing Your Water, Local Activities, Lead in Drinking Water, Roadside Springs, Concerns about Surface Waters
- Private Wells
- Bottled Water
- Emergency Preparedness and Response - Boiling Water, Flood Recovery, Resources for Protecting Water Systems
Water Supply Professionals
- Regulations
- Training/Certification
- Programs
- Guidance and Forms
- Financing - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), Infrastructure Needs of New York State
Protecting Water
- Drinking Water Quality Council
- Drinking Water Source Protection Program (DWSP2)
- Additional Public Health & Water Protection Programs - Source Water Delineations, Assessments, and Protection
- Septic Systems
- Filtration Avoidance Determination
- Legionella
- Blue-green Algae
