Geospatial Assessment of Racial/Ethnic Composition, Social Vulnerability, and Lead Water Service Lines in New York City.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The state of New York expects to receive $115 million in 2022 alone from the U.S. Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act to support the replacement of lead water service lines.

Objectives

Our objective was to determine the number and proportion of potential lead water service lines across New York City (NYC) and to evaluate the association between census tract-level racial/ethnic composition, housing vulnerability, and child lead exposure vulnerability with service line type (Potential Lead, Unknown) for n=2,083 NYC tracts.

Methods

We conducted a descriptive analysis assessing water service line material recorded in the NYC Department of Environmental Protection's Lead Service Line Location Coordinates database. We used conditional autoregressive Bayesian P

SUBMITTER: Nigra AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10467360 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature