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Aid to Public Water Systems (New Hampshire Revised Statutes: Title L Water Management and Protection; Chapter 486-A)

Country/Territory
United States of America
Territorial subdivision
New Hampshire
Document type
Legislation
Date
2018
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Subsidy/incentive Water supply Surface water Potable water Public health Groundwater Well sinking/boreholes Servitude Freshwater pollution Freshwater resources management Pollution control Water quality standards
Geographical area
Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

This Chapter of the New Hampshire Revised Statutes concerns aid to public water systems. The purpose of this Chapter is to provide a state contribution to aid all public water systems in achieving compliance with the requirements of the surface water treatment rules of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the formation or improvement of regional water systems that provide a benefit to public health, safety, and economic well-being, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the evaluation of the groundwater contributing area of public wells that have recorded levels of chemical contaminants, excluding MTBE, and to protect sources of public drinking water that serve community or non-transient non-community water systems and associated natural resources through the acquisition of land or conservation easements within source water protection areas.

Full text
English
Website
www.gencourt.state.nh.us