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RSA 482-B:10 · Record of Wells; Monitoring Wells

Title
L: WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION
Chapter
482-B · NEW HAMPSHIRE WATER WELL BOARD
Status
current
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482-B:10 Record of Wells; Monitoring Wells. –

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I.

Within 90 days after completion of a well, the water well contractor shall provide the board with a record of the well containing the following information:

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(a)

Name of the owner of the property on which the well is situated.

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(b)

Name of the building contractor, if applicable.

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(c)

Location of the well by:

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(1)

Coordinates provided by global positioning technology in units of decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, with at least 5 decimal places of precision and referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) datum or its successor;

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(2)

Street address of the property as listed in the enhanced 911 street address guide to the extent it is publicly available on the date of submission of the report;

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(3)

Tax map and lot number of the property; and

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(4)

A drawing indicating the position of each well, if more than one well is located within the lot, relative to significant permanent man-made or natural features at a given site.

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(d)

Date well was completed.

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(e)

Proposed use of well.

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(f)

Reason for constructing well.

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(g)

Type of well.

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(h)

Total depth of well.

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(i)

Casing details.

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(j)

Method or methods of sealing casing into bedrock, if applicable.

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(k)

Screen details, if applicable.

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(l)

Results, method, and duration of yield test or tests conducted.

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(m)

Static water level, if encountered.

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(n)

Depth to bedrock.

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(o)

Description and depth intervals of unconsolidated surficial deposits encountered during the well drilling process.

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(p)

Yield test at various depths, if performed.

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(q)

Hydro fracturing or other well development details, if applicable.

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(r)

Name of water well contractor or technical driller.

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(s)

Additional well seals installed, if applicable.

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(t)

A statement specifying whether a water quality sample was collected by the driller.

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(u)

If the well location does not comply with setback requirements for wells under New Hampshire law or rules of the water well board, a statement identifying the law or rule with which the wells do not comply.

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(v)

Date of the report.

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(w)

Any other information required by rules adopted by the water well board.

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II.

At a minimum, the technical drillers shall comply with the requirements of paragraph I for the deepest monitoring well installed at each property or place of business and for each monitoring well installed into the bedrock at each property or place of business.

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III.

If the technical driller does not comply with the requirements of paragraph I for all the monitoring wells the driller installs at a single property or place of business, then the technical driller shall prepare and submit a map showing the location of each monitoring well installed by the technical driller relative to significant permanent man-made or natural features at a given site and relative to wells located with GPS coordinates in accordance with paragraph I. Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:15. 2007, 89:1, eff. Dec. 8, 2007. 2025, 141:113, eff. July 1, 2025.

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Source note

Source. 1989, 339:1. 1998, 89:15. 2007, 89:1, eff. Dec. 8, 2007. 2025, 141:113, eff. July 1, 2025.

Source history

  • 1989, 339:1
  • 1998, 89:15
  • 2007, 89:1, eff. Dec. 8, 2007
  • 2025, 141:113, eff. July 1, 2025

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    n of an interested party if the department has good and sufficient reason to believe or finds that the applicant for or the holder of such a license has violated the provisions of RSA 482-B and the rules of the board: (a) Written reprimand. (b) Administrative order. (c) Administrative fine. (d) Requiring the licensee to participate in a program of continuing education in the area or areas in which

  • 2026 SB445 reference

    d. [(d)] IV. Been guilty of willful failure to comply with the provisions of this chapter or rules adopted under RSA 482-B:4. [(e)] V. Refused to file reports as required under RSA 482-B:10. [(f)] VI. Been found guilty, by the board or by a court of competent jurisdiction of any fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetence, or misconduct in the industry, operations, or business of water well construction

  • 2025 HB2 repeal

    ive to revenue sharing with cities and towns, is repealed. 141:112 Repeal. 2023, 79:512 and 2023, 79:513, relative to wastewater state aid grants, are repealed. 141:113 Record of Wells; Monitoring Wells. Amend RSA 482-B:10, I(c)(1) to read as follows: (1) Coordinates provided by global positioning technology in units of decimal degrees [and decimal minutes] of latitude and longitude, with at least [3] 5 decimal places of precisi