Revision: March 26, 2026, 2:27 p.m.
SB 595 - AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
03/26/2026 1119s
2026 SESSION
26-2185
08/09
SENATE BILL 595
AN ACT relative to rulemaking for transient non-community water systems.
SPONSORS: Sen. Murphy, Dist 16; Sen. Avard, Dist 12; Sen. McGough, Dist 11; Sen. Pearl, Dist 17; Sen. Perkins Kwoka, Dist 21
COMMITTEE: Energy and Natural Resources
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill requires rules made by the department of environmental services relative to drinking water include an option for sampling of transient non-community water systems under certain circumstances.
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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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
03/26/2026 1119s 26-2185
08/09
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty-Six
AN ACT relative to rulemaking for transient non-community water systems.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Drinking Water Rules. Amend RSA 485:3, I(c) to read as follows:
(c) Criteria and procedures to assure compliance with the levels or methods determined under subparagraph (b), including quality control monitoring and testing procedures and standards to ensure compliance with such levels or methods; criteria and standards to ensure proper operation and maintenance of the system; requirements as to the minimum quality of water which may be delivered to the consumer; and requirements with respect to siting new facilities. Such rules shall be no less stringent than the most recent national Primary Drinking Water Regulations in effect, as issued or promulgated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. The department shall waive the lateness penalty for transient non-community water systems and allow such systems to remain on a quarterly sampling schedule for samples submitted late, consistent with the criteria and procedures in 40 C.F.R. Section 141.854 et seq.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.