Water Testing in New York Public Schools
Water Testing in New York Public Schools
Nassau BOCES is committed to protecting the health and well-being of our students, teachers and staff. In October 2025, we performed an updated inventory of all water outlets in the agency and another round of sampling of all applicable water outlets in compliance with the New York State Department of Health (NYS DOH) regulation titled Lead Testing in School Drinking Water (10 NYCRR Subpart 67- 4). The last agency-wide tests were in 2021.
Sampling of potable water outlets (water outlets used for cooking or drinking) was performed by our environmental consulting and testing firm. Any outlet which revealed concentrations of lead above the New York State’s action level of 5 parts per billion has been removed from service or otherwise restricted until a proper action and/or remediation is performed.
Detailed information about the agency’s lead testing program, including copies of all laboratory results, is available below. As always, if you have any questions, comments or concerns, please contact the office of the Nassau BOCES Safety Coordinator at (516) 396-2401.
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Water Testing in New York Public Schools Archive:
- Career Preparatory High School February 27, 2025
- Carman Road School February 28, 2025
- Jerusalem Avenue School February 26, 2025
- Jerusalem Avenue School March 5, 2025
- Long Island High School for the Arts February 28, 2025
- Rosemary Kennedy Center February 26, 2025
- Rosemary Kennedy Center March 18, 2025
- SCSSC at Rosemary Kennedy Center February 26, 2025
- Final report regarding testing at the George Farber Administrative Center, October 24, 2023 (2.1 MB, PDF)
- Final report regarding testing and remediation, July 13, 2021 (7.8 MB, PDF)
- Letter from the Nassau BOCES District Superintendent, July 15, 2021 (0.2 MB, PDF)