There is established within the department of environmental services the New Hampshire volunteer river assessment program to provide:
I. Water quality and related environmental data to the state and federal governments to define water quality trends;

Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 487:38

  • Department: means the department of environmental services. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 487:1
  • 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

II. Data for river protection, management, and restoration programs;
III. Information to classify New Hampshire waters; and
IV. Data for surface water assessment reports.