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RSA 482-B:1 · Purpose

Title: L: WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
Chapter: 482-B · NEW HAMPSHIRE WATER WELL BOARD
Status: current
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482-B:1 Purpose. – The purpose of this chapter is to protect and improve the general health and welfare of the people of the state of New Hampshire; to protect the groundwater resources of the state; to regulate the construction of water wells and the installation of well pumps; to license water well contractors and well pump installers; to provide well records; to create a water well board; and to provide for penalties for violations of this chapter. Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:1, eff. July 18, 1998.

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Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:1, eff. July 18, 1998.

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1989, 339:1
1998, 89:1, eff. July 18, 1998

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pplicant receive permission from the owner of a public water system to connect to the system or, in the absence of a public water system, develop a water supply in accordance with RSA 482-B and RSA 485 as applicable. (c) For sewage infrastructure, require that the applicant receive permission from the operator of a public sewer within the boundary prescribed by RSA 147:8 or as negotiated between the appl
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o the state treasurer and deposited in the [general fund] water well board fund established in RSA 482-B:4-a. 4 Enforcement and Penalties; New Hampshire Water Well Board. Amend RSA 482-B:16, VI to read as follows: VI. All moneys collected under this section shall be forwarded to the state treasurer and deposited into the [general fund as unrestricted revenue] water well board fund established in RSA 482-
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