Revision: Dec. 1, 2025, 8:30 a.m.
HB 1089 - AS INTRODUCED
2026 SESSION
26-2532
04/09
HOUSE BILL 1089
SPONSORS: Rep. Donnelly, Rock. 25
COMMITTEE: Resources, Recreation and Development
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ANALYSIS
This bill extends the authorization of the department of environmental services for the evaluation and mitigation of new community water system contamination risks.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
26-2532
04/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Drinking Water; Contamination Review. Amend RSA 485-C:26 to read as follows:
The department shall adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A specifying criteria and procedures to ensure a groundwater withdrawal less than 57,600 gallons over any 24-hour period from a new source of water for a community water system as defined by RSA 485:1-a and subject to RSA 485:8 does not cause an unmitigated impact to an existing private water supply well in accordance with RSA 485-C:21, V-c(a), RSA 485-C:21, V-c(j), or RSA 485-C:21, V-c(c).
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.