485:1 Statement of Purpose. – I. The purpose of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive drinking water protection program for the citizens of New Hampshire. It shall be consistent with and at least as stringent as the Federal Safe Drinking Water Act standards. II. In order to implement a comprehensive drinking water protection […]
485:1-a Definitions. – As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, the following words shall have the following meanings: I. "Community water system" means a public water system which serves at least 15 service connections used by year-round residents or regularly serves at least 25 year-round residents. I-a. " Brackish " […]
485:10 Approval. – No person supplying water to the public for domestic use shall resort to, hold in reserve, or maintain, a connection through which water may be received from any auxiliary or emergency source of supply, unless such source shall have been duly declared to, registered, and approved by the department. Source. 1989, […]
485:11 Backflow Device Requirements and Tests, Installations, Repairs and Replacements. – There shall be a backflow prevention device installed at every connection to a public water system if the facility connected may pose a hazard to the quality of water supplied by the public water system as determined by the department. Where applicable, the […]
485:12 Sealed Valves. – All valves or gates used in the connection here described, in the case of sources maintained for public fire protection, shall also be subject to the special seal and inspection of the department. Whenever it shall become necessary to break such seal, or to resort to an unapproved emergency source […]
485:13 Control of Intakes. – The department shall have general control and oversight of emergency intakes. It may, when feasible and deemed necessary for the protection of the public health, upon reasonable notice, require the abandonment of any existent emergency source and the adoption of other means of supply. Source. 1989, 339:1. 1996, 228:106, […]
485:14 Use of Fluoride. – I. No fluoride shall be introduced into a public water system unless and until the municipality or municipalities served by such system have each held a public hearing as to the introduction of fluoride into the public water system, and the registered voters of such municipality or municipalities have […]
485:14-a Referendum Procedure for Public Water Systems Serving More Than One Political Subdivision. – I. Upon the written application of the aggregate of 10 percent of the registered voters in all of the towns served by a water system, presented to the clerk of the town owning the water system at least 90 days […]
485:14-b Fluoride Statement Required. – I. If a public water supply is fluoridated, the following notice shall be posted in the water system’s consumer confidence report: "Your public water supply is fluoridated. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if your child under the age of 6 months is exclusively consuming infant […]
485:15 Appeal. – If the department shall require the abandonment of any such emergency source the person, corporation or association aggrieved by such action shall have an appeal to the superior court, said appeal to be taken within 30 days from the receipt of the order from said department, and said court may make […]
485:16 Penalty. – Whoever violates any of the provisions of RSA 485:8-13, but not RSA 485:8, II, or fails to comply with the lawful orders and requirements of the department duly made pursuant to those sections, or whoever hinders or obstructs any inspector in the pursuit of his lawful duty in respect to such […]
485:16-a Drinking Water Standards and Notification. – I. The commissioner, in consultation with the commissioner of health and human services, shall adopt primary and secondary drinking water standards pursuant to RSA 485:3, and ambient groundwater quality standards pursuant to RSA 485-C:6, applicable to MTBE. The commissioner shall not commence rulemaking for these standards until […]
485:16-b Authority to Limit MTBE in Gasoline; Penalties. – I. Except as provided for in RSA 485:16-d, the commissioner shall seek all necessary authorizations from the Environmental Protection Agency to opt out of the federal reformulated gasoline program as soon as possible, but in no case later than January 1, 2004. The department of […]
485:16-c Adoption of Other Air Pollution Control Measures. – In order to reduce air emissions and receive federal credit for such reductions, the commissioner shall be authorized to establish limits on the manufacture, use, or sale of consumer products in accordance with RSA 125-C:6, XVII. Source. 2001, 293:3. 2004, 175:5, eff. May 27, 2004.
485:16-d Regional and Federal Efforts. – I. The commissioner is authorized to promote such regional or federal efforts as may be required to reduce the ongoing contamination threat posed by MTBE and other gasoline ethers, including but not limited to efforts to eliminate the federal oxygen mandate in the federal Clean Air Act, secure […]
485:16-e Per and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances. – I. The maximum contaminant levels for the following shall be: (a) Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA): 12 parts per trillion. (b) Perfluoroctanesulfonic acid (PFOS): 15 parts per trillion. (c) Perfluorohexanesulfonic acid (PFHxS): 18 parts per trillion. (d) Perfluorononanoic acid (PFNA): 11 parts per trillion. II. By November 1, 2020, and […]
485:17 Penalty. – I. If a person shall recklessly place, leave, or cause to be placed or left, in or near a lake, pond, reservoir or stream tributary thereto, from which the domestic water supply of a city, town, or village is taken, in whole or in part, any material, substance, or fluid that […]
485:17-a Lead in Drinking Water in Schools and Licensed Child Care Facilities. – I. Public and private schools and licensed child care facilities shall take measures to limit exposure to lead in drinking water by: (a) Within 180 days of the effective date of this section, installing and providing access to water bottle filling […]
485:18 Removal of Polluting Substance. – The health officer of the town, or the water commissioners having charge of the water supply, or the proprietors of the water supply, may remove such material, substance, or fluid and may recover the expense of removal from the person who placed the same, or caused it to […]
485:19 Repealed by 2009, 210:9, eff. Jan. 1, 2010. –
