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Large Groundwater Withdrawal Permitting Program

In 1998, two state laws, the Groundwater Protection Act and the Safe Drinking Water Act, were amended to ensure that no unmitigated adverse impacts to water users or water-dependant natural resources occur as a result of a large groundwater withdrawal. Any withdrawal from groundwater of 57,600 gallons or more of water in any 24-hour period from a well or wells installed after July 1998 at a single property or place of business is considered to be a large groundwater withdrawal.

Publications (Complete List)

• Automated Streamflow Frequency and Recharge Estimation Tool for Streams and Watersheds in New Hampshire (Fact Sheet CO-GEO-9)
• Frequently Asked Questions Regarding Large Groundwater Withdrawal Permitting (Publication WD-08-6)
• Large Groundwater Withdrawal Permitting Process (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-22-15)
• Large Groundwater Withdrawals Approval and Notification Requirements (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-22-11)
• Water Resources Primer Chapter on Groundwater
• Water Resources Primer Chapter on Water Use and Conservation
• Water Rights and the Groundwater Protection Act (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-22-13)

Rules/Regulatory

• Env-Wq 403 Large Groundwater Withdrawals

Technical Assistance

• Development of Regression Equations to Estimate Flow Durations and Low-Flow-Frequency Statistics in New Hampshire Streams Water Resource Investigation Report 02-4298
• Generalized estimates from streamflow data of annual and seasonal ground-water-recharge rates for drainage basins in New Hampshire – Scientific Investigation Report 2004-5019

Forms/Applications

• Electronic Data Reporting File Template
• Electronic Data Reporting Guidelines
• Form Letter Requesting Access to Monitor Water Levels in a Private Water Supply Well
• Large Groundwater Withdrawal Permit Application Notification Form
• Private Well Questionnaire
• Sample Legal Notice for Public Notification – Notice of a Public Hearing
• Sample Public Notification Letter to public water suppliers and municipalities

Permits

• Current List of Active Applications
• Issued Permits
• Large Groundwater Withdrawal Permit
• Monitoring

Related Programs

• Bottled Water Source Permits
• New Community Well Siting
• Water Conservation
• Water Use Registration and Reporting Program

Contact Us

• Christine Bowman
  NHDES Drinking Water & Groundwater Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-8866
  (603) 271-0656 (fax)
  christine.bowman@des.nh.gov
• Stephen Roy
  NHDES Drinking Water & Groundwater Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-3918
  (603) 271-0656 (fax)
  stephen.roy@des.nh.gov

 

 

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