New Hampshire’s Water: Know the Issues

New Hampshire is known as the Granite State, with beautiful scenery, lots of green space, and many opportunities for outdoor recreation. Most people expect that the water is clean and clear throughout New Hampshire. In the past couple of years, there has been on-going reporting on the PFAS contamination in the southern  and seacoast areas of the state. There are more sites with different contaminants in other areas of the state, as well as naturally occurring chemicals, contaminants and poison-like materials in the water.  At Capital Well Clean Water Center, we care about your health and  believe everyone should have clean, healthy water. We stay on top of all the water issues in New Hampshire and will continue to compile a list of links to articles  from various sources which are educational and informative.

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Arsenic in NH Well Water

Map of Arsenic in New Hampshire

https://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-becomes-second-state-sharply-lower-arsenic-limit-drinking-water#stream/0

The Dangers of Chlorine – Trihalomethanes

https://www.town.sunapee.nh.us/sites/sunapeenh/files/news/tthm_violation_1st_qtr_20190522114625.pdf

NH Upper Valley: Dartmouth Medical School Dioxane Contamination Site

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~ehs/rennie.html

https://www.vnews.com/Dartmouth-plans-for-additional-treatment-system-24455841

New Hampshire House Bills – Water

NH HB 667 This bill requires that well water meets water quality standards before a person may receive a certificate of occupancy for new construction.

http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?id=736&txtFormat=html&sy=2019

https://www.citizenscount.org/bills/hb-667-2019

PASSED – NH HB 261 (2019) Requires the Department of Environmental Services to revise rules relative to arsenic contamination in drinking water, not to exceed a contaminant limit of 5 micrograms per liter.

http://gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/billText.aspx?sy=2019&id=388&txtFormat=pdf&v=current

https://www.citizenscount.org/bills/hb-261-2019

UPDATE: https://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-becomes-second-state-sharply-lower-arsenic-limit-drinking-water#stream/0

PFAS / PFOAs in NH News – General Info

Summary of the Technical Background Report for the Proposed Maximum Contaminant Levels and Ambient Groundwater Quality Standards for PFOA, PFOS, PFNA and PFHxS.NH DES, July 10, 2019:

https://www4.des.state.nh.us/nh-pfas-investigation/wp-content/uploads/Stakeholder-Talk-07-09-2019.pdf

New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) Coverage:

https://www.nhpr.org/post/nhs-pending-pfas-rules-spark-budget-fears-local-water-systems

https://www.nhpr.org/term/pfas#stream/0

https://www.nhpr.org/post/nh-sues-makers-pfas-chemicals-drinking-water-contamination#stream/0

Conservation Law Foundation:

https://www.clf.org/blog/toxic-chemicals-new-hampshires-drinking-water/

Merrimack Citizens for Clean Water:

https://www.cleanwaternh.org/faqs

Now that the PFAS limits have been lowered in NH, what are the next steps?

https://www.nhpr.org/post/whats-next-now-nh-officials-have-proposed-among-strictest-pfas-limits-country

Where are the NH areas of PFAS investigation?

https://www.unionleader.com/news/local/all-of-merrimack-s-public-water-will-treated-filtered/article_76589e7c-40c0-5a32-babd-0c7d217cdeb0.html

https://www.dhhs.nh.gov/dphs/pfcs/documents/merrimack-cancer-012018.pdf

https://www.nhpr.org/post/kingston-awaits-epa-tests-potential-public-health-risk-pfas#stream/0

Boston University Proposed PFAS Study

https://patch.com/new-hampshire/merrimack/more-research-planned-pfas-water-contamination-merrimack