New Hampshire Revised Statutes 486-A:1 – Purpose
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Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 486-A:1
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
The purpose of this chapter is to provide a state contribution to aid all public water systems in achieving compliance with the requirements of the surface water treatment rules of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the formation or improvement of regional water systems that provide a benefit to public health, safety, and economic well-being, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the evaluation of the groundwater contributing area of public wells that have recorded levels of chemical contaminants, excluding MTBE, and to protect sources of public drinking water that serve community or non-transient non-community water systems and associated natural resources through the acquisition of land or conservation easements within source water protection areas.