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Watershed Assistance Section

The NH Department of Environmental Service’s (DES) Watershed Assistance Section works with local organizations, other programs within DES, and EPA New England, to improve water quality in New Hampshire at the watershed level. We are working with people in their watersheds to identify water resource goals and to develop and implement watershed management plans. more…

Hot Topics (Complete List)

• BLOG – NH Watershed Protection and Restoration Forum
• Modeling Pollutant Load Reductions Workshop
• Salt Reduction Initiative in New Hampshire
• Stormwater
• NEW - Stormwater Management for Homeowners

Publications (Complete List)

• NH Stormwater Manual (now available in hard copy)
• Innovative Land Use Planning Techniques Handbook
• Lawn Care and Water Quality Guidance Publications
• NH Homeowner’s Guide to Stormwater Management (15MB)
• NH Residential Loading Model
• Stormwater Related Publications
• Watershed-based Plans
• Watershed Restoration Success Stories

Rules/Regulatory

• Federal Stormwater Regulations (Phase II)

Education/Outreach

• DES Pervious Pavement Pilot Demonstration Site
• Outreach Guidance for Watershed Assistance and Restoration Grant Projects
• Pet Waste Outreach Campaign
• Public Education and Outreach Phase II Permit Requirements and Resources
• Stormwater Management for Homeowners

Technical Assistance (Complete List)

• Grant Related Resources for Grantees and Grant Applicants
• NH Watershed Protection and Restoration Forum Blog
• Pollution Source Investigations
• Quality Assurance Project Plans
• Quick Reference Guide for Displaying Outstanding Resource Waters (ORW) and Impaired Surface Waters with a 1-Mile Buffer for Development Projects
• Regional Environmental Planning Program
• Stormwater Utilities

Training

• Illicit Discharge Detection and Elimination Training
• Modeling Pollutant Load Reductions Workshop

Forms/Applications

• See grants/loans for applications and grantee forms

Permits

• Federal Stormwater Program (Phase II)

Grants/Loans (Complete List)

• 2012 State Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) Now Available for Stormwater
• Grant Related Resources for Grantees and Applicants
• NH Watershed Protection and Restoration Forum Blog
• Quality Assurance Project Plans
• Related Grants
• Watershed Assistance Grant Projects Database
• Watershed Assistance and Restoration Grants
• Watershed based Plans Examples

Related Programs (Complete List)

• Natural Resource Outreach Coalition (NROC)
• New Hampshire Salt Reduction Initiative
• Pet Waste Outreach Campaign
• Regional Environmental Planning Program
• Smart Growth
• Stormwater

Partnerships (Complete List)

• Hodgson Brook Restoration Project
• Natural Resource Outreach Coalition (NROC)
• NH Estuaries Project
• NH Regional Stormwater Coalitions
• Regional Environmental Planning Program

Commissions/Task Forces

• I-93 Salt Reduction Workgroup
• Legislative Stormwater Study Commission Final Report – November, 2010

Resources/Links (Complete List) (outside DES)

• Center for Watershed Protection
• EPA New England – Stormwater
• Good Forestry in the Granite State
• US EPA Nonpoint Source Pollution
• University of New Hampshire Stormwater Center
• University of New Hampshire Technology Transfer Center

FAQs

• What is a Watershed?

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