Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025
A person whose water use is not agricultural, limited, or
intermittent shall provide the following information to the department on or
with a Water Use Registration form obtained from the department:
(a) Identification of the water user and the
property owner, if other than the water user, as follows:
(1) For an individual, the individual's full
legal name;
(2) For a political
subdivision, the political subdivision's name; and
(3) For any other entity, the entity's name
as registered with the New Hampshire secretary of state;
(b) The mailing address and daytime telephone
number of the water user;
(c) The
name and location, by street address and municipality, of the facility being
registered;
(d) f the water user is
an entity, the name, title, and daytime telephone number of a contact person
and authorized signer and, if available, an e-mail address for the contact
person;
(e) Each type or purpose of
water use that constitutes more than 5,000 gallons or 10 percent of the total
use, whichever is greater, including but not limited to:
(2) Wastewater treatment;
(6) Agricultural, such as field crop,
greenhouse, nursery, livestock, log spraying, or aquaculture if the overall
water use does not otherwise qualify as an agriculture water use;
(7) Non-agricultural irrigation, such as golf
course, athletic field, or landscape;
(8) Power production, such as biomass, fossil
fuel, geothermal, hydroelectric, or nuclear;
(12) Bottled water or bulk water;
and
(13) Domestic sanitary
use;
(f) As applicable,
the following additional descriptive information for each use specified
pursuant to (e), above:
(1) If domestic or
sanitary use, the number of each type of fixture and water-using appliance and
the average number of individuals served per day;
(2) If heating or cooling water, whether
boiler make-up, blowdown, contact, non-contact, or other, with a brief
description;
(3) If irrigation
other than agricultural, the number of acres irrigated and the type of
irrigation system used, and for golf courses, a written explanation of:
a. The number of sprinkler heads;
b. The make, model, and gallons per minute of
each head;
c. The number of acres
irrigated per head type;
d. Where
on the course the heads are used, such as greens or driving range;
and
e. A typical weekly irrigation
schedule;
(4) The
applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code, if
any;
(5) If hydroelectric, the
following information:
a. The average
operating head, in feet above the intake;
b. The average operating efficiency, in
percent;
c. The minimum necessary
operating flow, in cubic feet per second (cfs);
d. The maximum existing capacity, in
kilowatts;
e. The maximum turbine
design flow, in cfs; and
f. The
minimum flow release necessary to comply with existing state and federal
operating permits or licenses, in cfs.
(6) Whether water is recycled and the
percentage that is recycled; and
(7) Whether wastewater is reclaimed and the
percentage that is reclaimed;
(g) The estimated cumulative water use from
all sources, in gallons, as follows:
(1) The
average daily water use by the facility;
(2) The estimated maximum daily water use by
the facility; and
(3) The estimated
annual water use by the facility;
(h) The type of permit or approval and the
corresponding permit or identification number for each state and federal permit
or approval held by the facility that pertains to water use, including but not
limited to:
(1) Any federal National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permits;
(2) Any Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
permits issued pursuant to 18 CFR;
(3) Any public water supply approvals
obtained pursuant to Env-Wq 402, Env-Dw 405, Env-Dw 302, Env-Dw 303, or Env-Dw
305 or predecessor rules in Env-Ws 370, Env-Ws 372, Env-Ws 378, Env-Ws 379, or
Env-Ws 389;
(4) Any groundwater
discharge permit or registration issued pursuant to Env-Wq 402 or predecessor
rules in Env-Ws 1500;
(5) Any large
groundwater withdrawal permits issued pursuant to Env-Wq 403 or predecessor
rules in Env-Ws 387 or Env-Ws 388;
(6) Any industrial pre-treatment permits;
and
(7) Any §401 water quality
certificate or state or federal wetland permit stipulating water withdrawal
amounts;
(i) For each
source, the following information:
(1) Whether
the source is groundwater, surface water, a public water supplier, or another
source, and:
a. If the source is a surface
water or public water supplier, the name of the source;
b. If the source is groundwater, whether the
well is drilled or dug and, if drilled, whether into bedrock or into
unconsolidated material; and
c. If
the source is not surface water, groundwater, or a public water supplier, or is
not a drilled or dug well, a description of the source;
(2) The location of the access point for the
source, by street number and name and municipality;
(3) Whether the source is used for all water
uses and, if not, the specific uses this source serves;
(4) How the amount of water withdrawn or
transferred from the source is measured and the unit of measure;
(5) Whether there is a permit limit on the
amount of water withdrawn or transferred from the source and, if so, what the
limit is, with the unit of measure included; and
(6) A statement of the maximum amount of
water the facility can physically withdraw or transfer from the source using
the present infrastructure at the facility, with the unit of measure included,
and a description of the facility's physical limitations;
(j) For each destination of water, the
following information:
(1) The name and
location by street and municipality of the destination;
(2) How the amount of water discharged or
transferred is measured and the unit of measure;
(3) The destination of the water, such as:
a. Discharged to groundwater, surface water,
a wastewater treatment facility, or a leach field;
b. Used consumptively to make a product or
for snowmaking or irrigation;
c.
Lost to evaporation, for example from heating or cooling or both;
d. Delivered to another location, with the
location identified; or
e. Some
other destination, with an explanation; and
(4) Whether the facility has a permit limit
on the volume or rate of discharge or transfer and, if so, the average daily
and maximum daily discharge limits;
(5) The maximum amount of water that can be
physically discharged or transferred to each destination using the present
infrastructure at the facility, and a description of the physical factor(s)
that limits the amount of water for those activities;
(k) A water use location map as specified in
Env-Wq 2102.09; and
(l) Other
information as needed to clarify the timing, distribution, purpose(s), or
type(s) of water use.
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