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Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) was created in early 1987 as a result of legislative efforts to reorganize several previously separate agencies dealing with environmental matters into a single, coordinated agency. Within NHDES, there are three divisions which deal with air resources, waste management, and water resources. This last unit, the Water Division (WD), includes several bureaus, one of which is the DWGB. Other bureaus within the Water Division deal with surface water pollution, wastewater treatment, groundwater protection, stream and lake biology, and water resources management. The work of the Waste Management Division may also have an effect on water quality in more subtle, but no less important ways. The agency addresses many varying aspects of protection of surface water and groundwater supplies. more…

Hot Topics (Complete List)

• 2009 Drinking Water Expo DES Presentations
• Accredited Laboratories for Drinking Water Analyses
• NHDES Electronic Transfer Private Laboratory Training Slides November, 2009
• NHDES Laboratory Sample Bottle Orders

Publications (Complete List)

• Annual Compliance Reports
• Accredited Radiochemistry Laboratories
• Analytical Requirements for Community Public Water Systems
• Fact Sheets
• Sample Collection and Preservation Manual

Rules/Regulatory (Complete List)

• Drinking Water Rules
• Env-Ws 310-316 Drinking Water Quality Standards
• Env-Ws 320-339 Monitoring, Reporting, Compliance - Lab Methods
• Env-Ws 351-359 Public Notification by Public Water Systems
• Env-Ws 372 Design Standards for Small Community Public Water Systems

Education/Outreach

• Ground Water Rule Disinfection Option Form
• Ground Water Rule Summary
• Home Inspector and Real Estate Presentations
• Private Well Testing
• Project WET

Technical Assistance

• Community Well Siting
• Radionuclides Compliance Help
• Small Public Water Supply Help Center/Capacity Assurance

Training

• Water Works Operator Certification Program Training

Forms/Applications (Complete List)

• Consumer Confidence Reports
• Compliance Sampling Site Change Form
• Public Education for Lead Exceedance
• Public Notice
• Water Works Operator Certification Renewal Application Form

Permits

• Groundwater Discharge Permitting and Registration
• Large Groundwater Withdrawal Permitting
• Permitting of Sources of Bottled Water

Grants/Loans

• Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
• Local Source Water Protection Grants
• Public Water System Grants
• Water Supply Land Conservation Grants

Related Programs (Complete List)

• Consumer Confidence Report Information
• Drinking Water Source Protection Program
• Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program
• Groundwater Discharge Program
• NHDES Laboratory Services
• Water Conservation
• Water Resources Plan Process
• Water System Emergency Planning/Security
• Water Use Registration and Reporting Program
• Water Well Board
• Water Works Operator Certification Program
• Youth Recreation Camp Licensing Program

Partnerships (Complete List)

• Bottled Water
• Bottled Water Site Query
• Childcare Letter
• Food and Sanitation
• Municipal Drinking Water Lab Advisory Group
• US EPA Public Drinking Water Systems Programs

Resources/Links

• One Stop Data Providers - Contacts update
• Public Water Systems Annual Compliance Report Violations Query
• Public Water Systems Contacts Query - Public Water System Contacts
• Public Water Systems Query - Permit to Operate, Master Sampling Schedules, Contacts, Water Quality data, State lab results
• Water Well Contractors Query

FAQs (Complete List)

• Disinfection Byproducts (DBP) Rules Sampling Guidance
• Ground Water Rule Investigative Monitoring
• Total Coliform Rule (Bacteria) Sampling
• Chemical Sampling
• Lead and Copper Sampling
• Consumer Confidence Report (CCR)

Contact Us (Complete List)

• Emergency Phone Numbers
• NHDES Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive, PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-2513
  (603) 271-5171 (fax)
  dwgbinfo@des.nh.gov

 

 

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NH Department of Environmental Services | 29 Hazen Drive | PO Box 95 | Concord, NH 03302-0095
(603) 271-3503 | TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964 | Hours: M-F, 8am-4pm