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Drinking Water & Groundwater Trust FundList of Approved Drinking Water ProjectsProject DescriptionsTown of ColebrookColebrookProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $1,150,000349440570485At A Glance:Project Description: Water main replacement Lead service line replacementWater meter replacementCurrent Funding:$4,772,000 million RD LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$1,150,000Length of Pipe:3,000 linear feetJustification:This is a project that is under construction and has a shortfall in USDA RD financing. Providing a Trust Fund grant would ensure that utility upgrades occur during the road work. Assistance is time critical since the work is ongoing, the meters are a USDA RD grant requirement and the work is necessary to address water system compliance. 00At A Glance:Project Description: Water main replacement Lead service line replacementWater meter replacementCurrent Funding:$4,772,000 million RD LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$1,150,000Length of Pipe:3,000 linear feetJustification:This is a project that is under construction and has a shortfall in USDA RD financing. Providing a Trust Fund grant would ensure that utility upgrades occur during the road work. Assistance is time critical since the work is ongoing, the meters are a USDA RD grant requirement and the work is necessary to address water system compliance. The Town of Colebrook is constructing Phase I improvements to the water and sewer utilities along Main Street. This project includes: a) replacement of all water and sewer mains on Main Street (Route 3) and side streets in the central village area of Colebrook, b) replacement of all service connections along Main Street, and c) roadway rehabilitation in areas impacted by the utility work. The $4,772,000 project is currently funded by USDA Rural Development (RD). The funding package includes RD grant funds (45%). Interim financing is provided by both the DWSRF & CWSRF programs.The water system has discovered lead service lines along the side streets during Phase I which are connected to both residential and commercial properties. Lead service line replacement is a high priority for the Town. Replacement of these additional service lines was not in the original scope of work for Phase I.This project is a high priority because the Town has reported a water loss rate of approximately 70% (55% higher than the industry standard of 15%) and is under enforcement action by NHDES to reduce this loss. Some of the water loss will be eliminated with the replacement of aged water mains. However, many of the existing water service meters are beyond their useful life and need upgrading. The Town has additional projects related to the Phase I work that are ready for construction and currently unfunded. They include $200,000 for the lead service line replacement discussed above. This is a new, public health related project that the Town is eager to take on if they can find funding. Additionally, the Town needs $350,000 for new service meters and $600,000 for additional water main work. The water service meters and additional main work was part of the original Phase I scope of work. Due to increased project costs and the lack of additional USDA funds, the meters and additional water main work was cut from the project; funding of these activities will eliminate future mobilization and bid process costs while addressing serious water loss issues. Additionally, the new service meter installations are required by USDA as part of the grant and loan agreement even though USDA is not providing the necessary funding. Pennichuck East Utility (PEU)LitchfieldProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $600,000364553586360At A Glance:Project Description: Water main crossing of the Merrimack River to deliver water to PFOA contaminated homesCurrent Funding:$2.4 million DWSRF LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$600K additional project funds that are unavailable from the DWSRFLength of Pipe:5,600 linear feetJustification:This is a project that was delayed by permitting issues; the delay resulted in an increase in project costs. Providing the additional funds is appropriate since the project is a result of PEU’s efforts to help address contaminated properties, not PEU system expansion needs. 00At A Glance:Project Description: Water main crossing of the Merrimack River to deliver water to PFOA contaminated homesCurrent Funding:$2.4 million DWSRF LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$600K additional project funds that are unavailable from the DWSRFLength of Pipe:5,600 linear feetJustification:This is a project that was delayed by permitting issues; the delay resulted in an increase in project costs. Providing the additional funds is appropriate since the project is a result of PEU’s efforts to help address contaminated properties, not PEU system expansion needs. The project involves connecting the Pennichuck Water Works, Inc. system in Merrimack via an under-river crossing of the Merrimack River, to the Pennichuck East Utility Inc. (PEU) system in Litchfield. This project is necessary to provide additional water resources for new customers in Litchfield, due in part to PFOA contamination. Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics has funded the expansion of the water system to nearly 400 new customers in Litchfield, dramatically increasing drinking water demand. This is in addition to already existing concerns that PEU and the Town of Hudson have with regard to supply capacity limitations for the three wells that currently serve those systems as the primary source of water. Currently, there is a $2,400,000 DWSRF loan to fund this project. This interconnection main was originally slated to be completed in July-August of 2017 (the only allowable window to do construction in the river during the summer, by permit); however, PEU was unable to secure all the necessary federal permits and approvals in time to complete the project. Therefore, the project has been deferred to July-August of 2018, and the overall cost of the project has been re-assessed to be between $2.8-3.0M. PEU requested additional funds from the DWSRF. DES indicated to PEU that no additional funds are available from the DWSRF. North Walpole Village DistrictWalpoleProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $500,000The North Walpole Village District Water System needs assistance in mitigating 1,4-dioxane contamination in its drinking water supply. The most direct and least costly option for implementing a mitigation remedy is to install wellhead treatment. 3446780-146050At A Glance:Project Description: Treat 1,4-dioxane water contaminated waterCurrent Funding:NoneTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$500K that is unavailable from USDA RDJustification:The 1,4-dioxane standard is slated to be lowered and the North Walpole Village District Water System needs to design and install a well head treatment system to meet the new standard.00At A Glance:Project Description: Treat 1,4-dioxane water contaminated waterCurrent Funding:NoneTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$500K that is unavailable from USDA RDJustification:The 1,4-dioxane standard is slated to be lowered and the North Walpole Village District Water System needs to design and install a well head treatment system to meet the new standard.Six hundred customers of the North Walpole Village District Water System (low pressure system) are being served water with 2.5-3.4 micrograms per liter (ug/L) of 1,4-dioxane in drinking water from two gravel pack wells. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has classified 1,4-dioxane as likely to be carcinogenic to humans based on the evidence from animal studies. NHDES is in the process of adopting an ambient groundwater standard of 0.32 ug/L for 1,4-dioxane. The source(s) of contamination are likely in Vermont. USEPA and Vermont have stated they have no mechanism that can readily address the contamination in North Walpole’s drinking water. North Walpole has taken the proactive step of studying options for addressing 1,4-dioxane in its water. North Walpole Village community has a concentrated high number of special populations including youth, seniors, low income and single parent households. The 1,4-dioxane water treatment system remedy is expected to cost $1,000,000. In addition to the $500k sought from the Trust Fund, $500k will be sought from federal emergency grant programs that fund emergency projects for rural water systems in low income areas. The cost of the project is particularly burdensome to the water system based on the small population that is served by the system and limited income of the homeowners. The project is a high priority to ensure the drinking water for the residents of North Walpole is safe. Additionally, once NHDES adopts a standard of 0.32 ug/L, the water system will be violating drinking water standards and NHDES will have to implement enforcement actions that require the water system correct the violations. The funding will be used to design and construct a water treatment plant capable of removing 1,4-dioxane from a flow of 70,000 gallons per day.Bethlehem Village DistrictBethlehemProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $750,000The Bethlehem Village District is currently under construction for water system improvements and is operating under an Administrative Order by Consent. The primary need for this project is the District’s recent difficulty meeting disinfection byproducts (DBP) limits for drinking water, specifically for total trihalomethanes (TTHM) and haloacetic acids (HAA). The improvements are intended to reduce the total organic carbon in the raw water feed so that the slow sand filters can remove enough of the remaining organics and bacteria to bring the disinfection byproducts to within regulatory limits. The $3,872,114 project is currently funded by USDA Rural Development and includes $1,690,000 in RD grant funds. Interim financing is provided by the DWSRF program.3605530-1718310At A Glance:Project Description: New water metersTreatment system improvements Current Funding:$3,872,114 RD LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$750K for new service metersJustification:This is a project that is under construction and has a shortfall in USDA RD financing. Providing a Trust Fund grant would ensure that remaining utility upgrades occur. Assistance is time critical since the work is ongoing, the meters are a USDA RD grant requirement and the work is necessary to address water system compliance issues. 00At A Glance:Project Description: New water metersTreatment system improvements Current Funding:$3,872,114 RD LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$750K for new service metersJustification:This is a project that is under construction and has a shortfall in USDA RD financing. Providing a Trust Fund grant would ensure that remaining utility upgrades occur. Assistance is time critical since the work is ongoing, the meters are a USDA RD grant requirement and the work is necessary to address water system compliance issues. The District has additional projects that are ready for construction and currently unfunded. They include $750,000 for new service meters and safety and reliability improvements to the existing process building. The meter work was funded with the current USDA grant and loan, but the funding for the work was eliminated due to increased project cost and lack of remaining funds. The meters are required by USDA as part of the grant and loan agreement. City of DoverDoverProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $2,600,000The City of Dover water supply consists of ten (10) gravel-packed wells of which five (5) have historically or are currently threatened by MtBE and other pollutants- (i.e, the Smith and Cummings Wells in the Willand Pond aquifer and the Griffin, Ireland, and DPH-1 Wells in the Pudding Hill aquifer). The Griffin Well is currently offline due to contamination by PFOS and PFOA in excess of the State drinking water standard. MtBE is also present.MtBE settlement funds were used to fund interim improvements for the City to construct a new well and connect it to the distribution system to offset supply capacity lost when the Griffin Well was taken offline. The two active wells in the Pudding Hill area are vulnerable to an adjacent contamination plume.Dover is taking proactive steps to maintain the reliability of vulnerable wells and to improve the overall security and sustainability of its drinking water system.3542030-2276475At A Glance:Project Description: Treatment system improvements New water supply well connection and artificial recharge protection/aquifer enhancementInterconnection to SomersworthCurrent Funding:$17.6 DWSRF Loan (Phase I & II)Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$1.3 million for Somersworth interconnection$1.3 million for artificial rechargeLength of Pipe:2,500 linear feetJustification:Dover has made a major commitment to the upgrade of its water system. This additional work is necessary to fully protect two active drinking water wells from contamination and to link the Dover and Somersworth water systems so that mutual aid is possible during droughts or other critical situations.00At A Glance:Project Description: Treatment system improvements New water supply well connection and artificial recharge protection/aquifer enhancementInterconnection to SomersworthCurrent Funding:$17.6 DWSRF Loan (Phase I & II)Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$1.3 million for Somersworth interconnection$1.3 million for artificial rechargeLength of Pipe:2,500 linear feetJustification:Dover has made a major commitment to the upgrade of its water system. This additional work is necessary to fully protect two active drinking water wells from contamination and to link the Dover and Somersworth water systems so that mutual aid is possible during droughts or other critical situations.First, Dover intends to complete an interconnection with the City of Somersworth's water system, which will act as an emergency supply in the event a well or wells must be taken offline or in the event of another water system emergency (i.e. storage tank failure, water main break, contamination event, etc.). The interconnection will also benefit Somersworth in the same way. To-date Dover has completed an engineering evaluation and preliminary design of the interconnection and has met with Somersworth on several occasions to outline the conditions of a future Intermunicipal Agreement. The proposed project consists of 2,500 linear feet of water main connecting the two systems and a control/metering building. The Engineer's Opinion of Probable Cost is $1.3 million, including construction, engineering, and contingency.Second, Dover intends to construct an aquifer recharge system in the Pudding Hill Aquifer. Hydrogeological investigations performed by the City’s consultant indicate the recharge will help prevent migration of the contaminant plume from the Schnitzer Steel Madbury site and will increase the yield of the wells in the aquifer. The proposed project includes a recharge facility that will draw water from the Bellamy River and pump it to two constructed sand recharge basins. The Engineer’s Opinion of Probable Cost is $1.3 million, including construction, engineering, and contingency.Dover has authorized funding for design and construction of both projects, and they are scheduled to go to bid and construction in 2018 if funding permits. Some of this work was not anticipated as part of the City's ongoing $9.1 million SRF loan for this phase of the work and therefore may not be able to be completed. Funding from the DWGW Trust Fund would reduce the cost impact to water users in the City for these projects and free up funds for the City to complete other critical water supply projects that have been identified through their asset management and capital improvement planning.Groveton Water SystemNorthumberlandProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $200,000The Town of Northumberland is currently replacing water and sewer mains in town. The water distribution system has a high rate of “unaccounted for” water with several areas within the water distribution system identified as having significant operational deficiencies. The $3,205,300 project is currently funded by USDA Rural Development (RD) and includes RD grant funds (45%). Interim financing is provided by both the DWSRF & CWSRF programs.3684905-1247775At A Glance:Project Description: Water main replacement Current Funding:$3,205,300 RD LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$200K for additional water main workLength of Pipe:1,380 linear feetJustification:This is a project that is under construction and has a shortfall in USDA RD financing. Providing a Trust Fund grant would ensure that remaining utility upgrades occur. 00At A Glance:Project Description: Water main replacement Current Funding:$3,205,300 RD LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$200K for additional water main workLength of Pipe:1,380 linear feetJustification:This is a project that is under construction and has a shortfall in USDA RD financing. Providing a Trust Fund grant would ensure that remaining utility upgrades occur. The Town has an additional $200,000 in water main work that is needed and currently unfunded. The newly proposed work will cover additional water main work up to the storage tank. This cast iron main is suspected of having lead joints. The Town is currently ready for construction. This work was not included under the current scope due to insufficient funds. Town of WhitefieldWhitefieldProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $4,330,000The current project addresses long term deficiencies in the Town’s water system and includes the construction of a new booster pumping station on Route 116 to improve water supply to the Bray Hill water system, upgrade of well facilities at the Bray Hill and Dodge well sites, and replacement of aged small diameter water mains on Union Street (Route 3 South), Lancaster Road (Route 3 North), Brown Street, Water Street, Mountain View Road, and Jefferson Road.The $6,500,000 project is currently funded by USDA Rural Development (RD) and includes $2,864,442 in grant funds. 3597910-1578610At A Glance:Project Description: New booster pump station Upgrade of wellhead facilitiesReplacement of water mainsCurrent Funding:$6.5 million RD Grant & LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$4.33 million for additional water main workLength of Pipe:30,000 linear feet (RD funded)25,357 linear feet (unfunded)Justification:This assistance is necessary because the Town has reached their threshold for borrowing approval.00At A Glance:Project Description: New booster pump station Upgrade of wellhead facilitiesReplacement of water mainsCurrent Funding:$6.5 million RD Grant & LoanTrust Fund Assistance Needs:$4.33 million for additional water main workLength of Pipe:30,000 linear feet (RD funded)25,357 linear feet (unfunded)Justification:This assistance is necessary because the Town has reached their threshold for borrowing approval.Whitefield’s engineer is developing design plans for the new pump station and some water main work. There is another $4.33 million of water main replacement work that is needed across various streets. This work was not included in the USDA scope of work due to insufficient funds. Breakfast Hill Road AreaGreenlandProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $200,000The project involves studying the ability of the Portsmouth Water System to provide adequate capacity to serve an area of approximately 300 homes in the Breakfast Hill Road neighborhood of Greenland. These homes are in the vicinity of the Coakley Landfill Superfund site, where a plume of perfluorochemical contamination has been discovered. Although nearby private drinking water wells are being monitored, the area’s residents have a high level of concern that their wells will be impacted by the plume, and have requested that they be connected to public water as a preventive measure. 3645535-1289050At A Glance:Project Description: Evaluate the ability of the Portsmouth Water System to provide adequate supply capacity to serve an area of approx. 300 homes on and near Breakfast Hill Road in GreenlandPreliminary design phase engineering servicesField services (subsurface investigations) Current Funding:TBDTrust Fund Assistance Needs:up to $200K to fund studies/field workLength of Pipe:TBD, project could include up to 8 miles of pipe based on initial assistance requestJustification:This project is a request of Portsmouth Water and the Town of Greenland. The study area is located in the vicinity of the Coakley Landfill Superfund site, and residents have a high level of concern that the site’s perfluorochemical contaminant plume will impact their private drinking water wells.00At A Glance:Project Description: Evaluate the ability of the Portsmouth Water System to provide adequate supply capacity to serve an area of approx. 300 homes on and near Breakfast Hill Road in GreenlandPreliminary design phase engineering servicesField services (subsurface investigations) Current Funding:TBDTrust Fund Assistance Needs:up to $200K to fund studies/field workLength of Pipe:TBD, project could include up to 8 miles of pipe based on initial assistance requestJustification:This project is a request of Portsmouth Water and the Town of Greenland. The study area is located in the vicinity of the Coakley Landfill Superfund site, and residents have a high level of concern that the site’s perfluorochemical contaminant plume will impact their private drinking water wells.The Portsmouth Water System has a 10-year Water Master Plan that, in part, addresses potential future extensions of the system to communities outside the City. Funding would be required to perform hydraulic modeling and to evaluate the ability of the existing system to provide adequate capacity to serve such a large number of new residential users in the Breakfast Hill Road area. This work would provide the information necessary to provide a supplement to the Master Plan. Further funding for design engineering work is required to better define the project and bring it to a preliminary design level. In addition, field studies (including ledge borings and probes) are needed to evaluate constructability and to refine cost estimates for construction of the water line. Lee Traffic CircleLee Project DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $1,000,000Gasoline releases from the Lee Circle Mobil gas station resulted in MtBE contamination of drinking water wells at properties east, west and south of the traffic circle. The gasoline release is believed to have been one of the largest in the State. Efforts to remediate the release include the second largest remedial petroleum related excavation ever in the state, as well as dual phase gasoline extraction. Bedrock is contaminated over 1,000 feet deep in some areas making it impossible to completely address the contamination without operation of an expensive, long-term pump and treat system. This was one of the pivotal sites in the MtBE lawsuit against ExxonMobil and the State’s claim because of the extensive past costs and difficulty of obtaining full aquifer restoration. Additionally, the responsible party for the release is Oyster River Investment, Inc., not ExxonMobil, and the State’s ODD Fund has been primarily responsible for the cleanup costs to date. Note: Oyster River Investment, Inc. is a family run company made up of elderly relatives of the original proprietor of the Mobil station. Productive discussions over the last year between the towns of Lee and Durham, University of New Hampshire and NHDES have resulted in a consensus on a permanent drinking water solution. A water line would be extended to the contaminated properties from Durham’s water system to the traffic circle. Additionally, some undersized piping in Durham would be upgraded since part of the year the Lee well is offline and the water system is fed solely from the UNH water treatment plant. 3684905-2406015At A Glance:Project Description: Water main extension to the Lee Traffic CircleUpgrade of Durham water mains that would impede flow to the Traffic CircleCurrent Funding:$2.5 million MtBE Settlement Funds Developer funding of contaminated property connections, POE decommissioning and well decommissioning.Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$1 million UNH/Durham charge for consumption of their system capacity Length of Pipe:9,200 linear feetJustification:This assistance is necessary because there is a funding gap in a project targeted to providing drinking water to MtBE contaminated properties. The water line extension reduces future state costs related to POE operation, addresses blighted properties and provides a permanent solution for the contaminated water supplies.00At A Glance:Project Description: Water main extension to the Lee Traffic CircleUpgrade of Durham water mains that would impede flow to the Traffic CircleCurrent Funding:$2.5 million MtBE Settlement Funds Developer funding of contaminated property connections, POE decommissioning and well decommissioning.Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$1 million UNH/Durham charge for consumption of their system capacity Length of Pipe:9,200 linear feetJustification:This assistance is necessary because there is a funding gap in a project targeted to providing drinking water to MtBE contaminated properties. The water line extension reduces future state costs related to POE operation, addresses blighted properties and provides a permanent solution for the contaminated water supplies.The requested funds address project costs that the MtBE Settlement Funds would have difficulty covering because of the settlement agreement restriction that all costs paid using settlement funds must be MtBE cleanup related. The requested funds are for costs with dual benefits (i.e., the costs are necessary to address the MtBE contamination but may also provide other benefits, such as providing water service to lots that are not impacted by MtBE). In past projects, dual benefits costs have been shared with another funding source and the Trust Fund request of $1 million would address this funding gap. The funding would reduce the State’s costs for operating existing drinking water treatment systems at contaminated properties around the traffic circle and would address concerns about additional contaminated water supplies from future traffic circle area development. The availability of municipal drinking water would also help address blighted properties around the traffic circle such as the former Come ‘n Go Getty station. Conservation Easement to Protect Portsmouth’s Bellamy ReservoirMadbury Project DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $200,000368490568580At A Glance:Project Description: Conservation easement on 72-acre parcel with 1,000 feet of frontage on Bellamy Reservoir plus 800 feet on the Bellamy River upstream of the Reservoir.Current Funding:$223,130 pending Portsmouth City Council approval Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$200,000Length of Pipe:noneJustification:Privately owned property with frontage on Bellamy Reservoir and Bellamy River with the potential for development, which would contribute to deterioration of water quality of the Reservoir, Portsmouth’s main municipal water supply source.00At A Glance:Project Description: Conservation easement on 72-acre parcel with 1,000 feet of frontage on Bellamy Reservoir plus 800 feet on the Bellamy River upstream of the Reservoir.Current Funding:$223,130 pending Portsmouth City Council approval Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$200,000Length of Pipe:noneJustification:Privately owned property with frontage on Bellamy Reservoir and Bellamy River with the potential for development, which would contribute to deterioration of water quality of the Reservoir, Portsmouth’s main municipal water supply source.Southeast Land Trust of New Hampshire has been working in partnership with the City of Portsmouth on this land conservation project. Bellamy Reservoir is the main water supply source for the City’s water system, which serves 33,000 people. At present, only 8 percent of the 13,961-acre Bellamy Reservoir watershed is permanently protected from development. This parcel lies within the Hydrologic Area of Concern for the Reservoir identified by the NHDES in 1999. As such, NHDES considers the land “high-priority water supply land” (HPWSL) for permanent protection. Unprotected, undeveloped HPWSL make up 9.5 percent of the state. The City and the property owner have agreed on a purchase price of $390,000 and a closing date of March 2018; a Purchase and Sale Agreement is under negotiation and pending review by the City Attorney. The estimated total project cost, which includes typical land conservation transaction costs, is $423,130. The project involves purchase of a permanent conservation easement (the current landowner will continue to own the property), which will be held by the City. The easement will include buffers along the Reservoir and the Bellamy River for water supply protection. Only land uses that are compatible with water supply protection will be allowed, and will include public access by foot, as well as hunting and fishing. The property is currently a Christmas tree farm, and that use will continue outside the buffer area. Statewide Drinking Water Quality Sampling ProgramStatewideProject DescriptionTrust Fund Assistance Needs: $500,000This project involves an ambitious effort to perform a random sampling of up to 500 public and up to 500 private drinking water wells for analysis for per- and polyfluoro alkylated substances (PFAS) and a selected suite of other drinking water contaminants. This work will provide vital information about the occurrence of PFAS and other contaminants in both public and private drinking water sources statewide. Obtaining this data is critical to NHDES’s work to identify and address contaminated drinking water, to identify and prioritize drinking water risks in the state, and to gain an understanding of regional background concentrations of these contaminants. 3494405-1365885At A Glance:Project Description: Randomized survey of public and private drinking water wells across the stateSample and analyze up to 500 public and 500 private wells for Per- and Polyfluoro Alkylated Substances (PFAS); and a suite of other drinking water contaminantsCurrent Funding:MtBE Settlement FundsOther possible grant matching funds for related projects?Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$500,000Justification:The enabling legislation for the Trust Fund charges NHDES, in part, to “measure levels of contamination statewide….” This work will provide vital information about the occurrence of PFAS and other important drinking water contaminants in both public and private drinking water sources statewide. Obtaining this data is critical to NHDES’s work to identify and address contaminated drinking water, to identify and prioritize drinking water risks, and to gain an understanding of regional background concentrations. 00At A Glance:Project Description: Randomized survey of public and private drinking water wells across the stateSample and analyze up to 500 public and 500 private wells for Per- and Polyfluoro Alkylated Substances (PFAS); and a suite of other drinking water contaminantsCurrent Funding:MtBE Settlement FundsOther possible grant matching funds for related projects?Trust Fund Assistance Needs:$500,000Justification:The enabling legislation for the Trust Fund charges NHDES, in part, to “measure levels of contamination statewide….” This work will provide vital information about the occurrence of PFAS and other important drinking water contaminants in both public and private drinking water sources statewide. Obtaining this data is critical to NHDES’s work to identify and address contaminated drinking water, to identify and prioritize drinking water risks, and to gain an understanding of regional background concentrations. The enabling legislation for the Trust Fund charges NHDES, in part, to “measure levels of contamination statewide . . .” This project would directly address this mandate and provide vital information to NHDES in prioritizing its work to protect the more than 60% of our citizens who rely on groundwater as their primary drinking water source. Since March of 2016, NHDES has done extensive drinking water sampling in several towns in southern New Hampshire in order to address the discovery of PFAS contamination in that area. However, the work has necessarily been concentrated in known or suspected impacted areas. Through its research and limited sampling in other locations, NHDES has learned that there are multiple potential sources of PFAS contamination, and that a much more expansive sampling effort is required to more fully assess the magnitude and scope of PFAS contamination in the state.There is also a need to collect more data on the occurrence of other important drinking water contaminants, including arsenic, radionuclides, radon, 1,4-dioxane, perchlorate, MtBE, and others. Wherein this project will involve sampling visits by qualified sampling staff, there are great economies that can be realized by simultaneously collecting additional water samples to obtain as much analytical data as possible. The MtBE Remediation Bureau has an efficient, streamlined water sampling program and qualified sampling staff that can administer the sampling program, and MtBE settlement funds can be applied to a portion of the work. NHDES can also solicit partners for the project, including the University of New Hampshire and the U.S. Geological Survey, who may also be able to provide matching funds. ................
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