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Chemical Monitoring Waivers

Community and non-transient, non-community water suppliers are required under the Safe Drinking Water Act to test annually for both volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and synthetic organic compounds (SOCs). DES, however, offers a sampling waiver program that allows water suppliers to reduce their required sampling for VOCs and/or SOCs by implementing a source protection program. Reduced sampling is a cost-saving benefit for the public water system.

Applying for a sampling waiver is not a difficult process and there is no application fee. Water suppliers wishing to obtain a waiver must apply to the program and put into effect a source protection program that includes 1) inventorying potential contamination sources (PCS) and land uses within the protection area, 2) distributing educational materials, and 3) managing those potential contamination sources.

Publications

• Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Groundwater Protection (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB 22-4)
• Chemical Monitoring Waiver (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-14-4)
• Delineating Wellhead Protection Areas (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-12-2)
• Preventing Groundwater Contamination at Gas Stations – What Municipalities and Water Suppliers Can Do (Fact Sheets WD-DWGB-22-20)
• Performing an Inventory for Drinking Water Protection (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-12-3)

Rules/Regulatory

• Env-Dw 712.19 (in Env-Dw 709-713 Monitoring for Specific Contaminants)
• Env-Wq 401 Best Management Practices

Education/Outreach

• Best Management Practice (BMP) Survey Notice to Abutting Towns
  • Renewals
  • New Waivers
  • Survey Form and Instructions for BMP Compliance
• Clean Drinking Water is Up to You Pamphlet
• Large Systems Sample Letter for PCSs
• Sample Letter for Homeowners, Tenants and Non-PCS Businesses
• Small Systems Sample Letter for PCSs
• Sampling Waiver Educational Mailing Completion Form

Forms/Applications (Complete List)

• Best Management Practice Inspection Questionnaire
• Large Systems (wells pumping more than 57,600 gallons per day & serving more than 1,000 people)
  Application | Supplemental Application
• Small Systems (wells pumping less than 57,600 gallons per day & serving less than 1,000 people)
  Application |Supplemental Application
• Surface Water Sources
  Application

Resources/Links

• Best Management Practices For Groundwater Protection

Contact Us

• Debra Sonderegger
  Chemical Monitoring Waiver Program Coordinator
  NHDES Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive, PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-2862
  (603) 271-0656 (fax)
  debra.sonderegger@des.nh.gov

 

 

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