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The following is a list of large groundwater withdrawal permits issued by DES pursuant to RSA 485-C:21, Approval for Large Groundwater Withdrawals for withdrawals from groundwater of 57,600 gallons or more of water in any 24-hour period from a well or wells installed after July 1998. Large groundwater withdrawals from a well or wells installed prior to August 1, 1998 do not require a large groundwater withdrawal permit, nor are they subject to withdrawal limits, and are therefore not listed below. However, any water user using in excess of 20,000 gallons of water per day (averaged over any 7-day period), or more than 600,000 gallons of water (over any 30-day period), should be registered with and reporting their water use to the New Hampshire Water Use Registration and Reporting Program. Please contact the Water Use Registration and Reporting Program for information about obtaining water use data reported by registered water users.
| Community Water System Withdrawals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Town | Permittee Permit Number Issue Date1 |
Permitted Withdrawal Volume2 (gallons per day) |
Withdrawal Status |
Online Data |
| Allenstown | Pembroke Water Works LGWP-2002-0002A 8/9/12 |
432,000 | Active | No |
| Alton | Alton Water Works LGWP-2002-0003A 9/9/12 |
712,800 | Active | No |
| Atkinson | Hampstead Area Water Company LGWP-2009-0002 12/18/09 |
194,400 | Active | Yes |
| Belmont | Belmont Water Department LGWP-2008-0003 9/10/08 |
936,000 | Active | No |
| Boscawen | Penacook-Boscawen Water Precinct LGWP-2004-0004 11/3/04 |
288,000 | Active | No |
| Bow | Town of Bow LGWP-2010-0003 4/15/10 |
1,008,000 | Active | Yes |
| Colebrook | Colebrook Water Works LGWP-2009-0001 11/2/09 |
302,400 | Active | No |
| Conway | North Conway Water Precinct LGWP-2010-0002 3/23/10 |
2,793,600 | Active | Yes |
| Epping | Epping Water and Sewer Department LGWP-2012-0001 1/6/12 |
266,400 | Active | Yes |
| Gilford | Gunstock Acres Village District LGWP-2007-0002 9/7/07 |
288,000 | Active | Yes |
| Hooksett | Hooksett Village Water Precinct LGWP-2006-0001 3/24/06 |
576,000 | Active | No |
| Jaffrey | Jaffrey Department of Public Works (Jaffrey Water Works) LGWP-2010-0001 2/18/10 |
360,000 | Active | Yes |
| Milton | Milton Water District LGWP-2007-0001 1/3/07 |
365,760 | Active | Yes |
| North Hampton | Aquarion Water Company of NH LGWP-2003-0001 11/19/03 |
519,840 | Active | Yes |
| Plainfield | Meriden Village Water District LGWP-2008-0002 6/30/08 |
136,800 | Active | Yes |
| Rochester | Rochester Department of Public Works (Rochester Water Department) LGWP-2008-0001 4/4/08 |
1,728,000 | Active | No |
| Springfield | Village District of Eastman LGWP-2008-0004 9/15/08 |
120,960 | Active | Yes |
| Waterville Valley | Waterville Valley Water District LGWP-2011-0001 9/12/11 |
432,000 | Not Active | Yes |
| Windham | PEU/Spruce Pond Estates LGWP-2007-0003 10/1/07 |
86,400 | Active5 | No |
| Golf Course Groundwater Withdrawals | ||||
| Town | Permittee Permit Number Issue Date1 |
Permitted Withdrawal Volume2 (gallons per day) |
Withdrawal Status |
Online Data |
| Greenland | Breakfast Hill Golf Club, LLC LGWP-2000-0001A 9/11/10 |
201,600 | Active | Yes |
| Greenland/Stratham | Soft Draw Investments, LLC The Golf Club of New England LGWP-2001-0001A 12/18/11 |
265,000 | Active | Yes |
| Kingston | Diamond Oaks Golf Club, LLC Granite Fields Golf Club LGWP-2012-0002 12/4/12 |
136,8003 | Active | Yes |
| New Durham | Lake Winnipesaukee Golf Club, LLC LGWP-2005-0001 1/26/05 |
165,600 | Not Active | No |
| Bottled/Bulk Groundwater Withdrawals | ||||
| Town | Permittee Permit Number Issue Date1 |
Permitted Withdrawal Volume2 (gallons per day) |
Withdrawal Status |
Online Data |
| Alton | Chamberlain Springs, LLC LGWP-2006-0002 7/26/06 |
223,200 | Active5 | No |
| Moultonborough | C.G. Roxane, LLC / Castle Springs Bottling Plant LGWP-2004-0002 6/4/04 |
240,480 | Active | No |
| Nottingham | USA Springs, Inc. LGWP-2004-0003 7/1/04 |
307,528 | Not Active 4 | No |
| Pittsburg | Perry Stream Land & Timber Co., Inc. LGWP-2010-0004 5/17/10 |
360,000 | Not Active | No |
| Sharon | Cold Stone Springs, LLC LGWP-2007-0004A 2/21/13 |
576,0003 | Not Active | No |
| Sunapee | Sunapee Springs Water Company LGWP-2002-0001 4/4/02 |
79,200 | Not Active4 | No |
Notes:
1 In some cases, the date of approval of a source(s) as a community production well or a groundwater source of bottled water may be different than the issue date of the large groundwater withdrawal permit. Please contact the Large Groundwater Withdrawal Permitting Program for the issue date of a specific source approval.
2 The “Permitted Withdrawal Volume” provided in the tables above represents the maximum withdrawal volume allowed under the permit holder’s large groundwater withdrawal permit. However, many of the permits issued are “floating” or “variable” permits in that the withdrawal volume allowed at a given time is conditional upon observations within the permit holder’s monitoring network (e.g., groundwater levels in nearby wells, etc.), or prevailing environmental conditions in the vicinity of the withdrawal (e.g., amount of precipitation, flow measurements in a nearby stream, etc.). When such a condition is encountered, the permitted withdrawal volume is incrementally reduced and the water use reporting frequency is commonly modified to ensure compliance. The specific conditions and monitoring criteria within individual permits should be reviewed for further details.
3 Dual purpose large groundwater withdrawal permit issued for both community water supply and commercial use.
4 Per Env-Dw 303.21(f), approval of this source(s) for use in the production of bottled water has lapsed because bottled water has not been produced from the source(s) for a period of 5 years from the date of source approval.
5 This groundwater withdrawal is reported as being operational and is a registered and reporting water user; however, the volume of groundwater currently being withdrawn is below the large groundwater withdrawal volume threshold of 57,600 gallons per day.
Status:
- Active means the permit holder has started withdrawing groundwater from their permitted source(s) and that corresponding water use data should be available from the New Hampshire Water Use Registration and Reporting Program. Please contact the Water Use Registration and Reporting Program for information about obtaining water use data reported by registered water users.
- Not Active means that, per DES’ understanding or direct inspection, the permit holder has not started withdrawing groundwater from their permitted source(s).
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