Policy updated 2026-09-16
Provenance · public records · limitations

Our Data Sources

The public datasets behind every finding, and how fresh they are. Every report keeps the relevant publisher, dates, units, qualifiers, and evidence identifiers attached to the finding.

4 published source classes7 source recordsPolicy status Published

Source records

Every public record PurityMap currently reads, most relied on first. Open a record for its coverage, limitations and update history.

7 records, 4 source classes

The classes describe the governed source categories, not a claim that every system has every source. Individual report pages list the documents actually used.

Anatomy of a finding

What stays attached to a finding

Six fields travel with every value, from the source file to the page you read. If one is missing, the finding says so.

Lead (90th percentile)New York City System
10µg/L
  1. Source document and publisherUS EPA SDWIS · State SDWIS Compliance Record
  2. Sampling and publication datesSampled 2024 · published 2026-07-09
  3. Sampling-location contextNot stated in this record
  4. Reported unit and qualifierµg/L · qualifier “=”
  5. Reporting limit when availableNot stated in this record
  6. Evidence and source identifiersPWSID NY7003493 · src-sdwis-lcr