New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
Env - Department of Environmental Services
Subtitle Env-Ws - Division of Water
Chapter Env-Ws 300 - NEW HAMPSHIRE DRINKING WATER RULES
Part Env-Ws 372 - DESIGN STANDARDS FOR SMALL COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEMS
Section Env-Ws 372.16 - Water Supply Quality

(a) Prior to the end of the pumping test, the water system owner shall take a water sample from each source and have the sampleanalyzed for quality by a laboratory accredited for the analysis requested. Results from unaccredited laboratories shall not be accepted. Wells for small community water systems shall also be sample d in accordance with Env-Ws 378 or Env-Ws 379. Dip samples from wells shall not be acceptable.

(b) Special containers and sampling techniques shall be required for those sources which will supply small community watersystems as specified in Env-Ws 320 through Env-Ws 329.

(c) Water quality shall meet the appropriate standards established in Env-Ws 310 through Env-Ws 316or shall be capable of meeting these standards with approved treatment. The analysis shall have been performed within the previous 6 months.

(d) Subject to (e), below, the water system owner shall submit the results of the laboratory analyses to the departmentas originals or photostatic copies of the original laboratory report. Re-typing or re-writing the data shall not be acceptable.

(e) The water system owner may have the results submitted directly to the department by the laboratory. If the laboratory submits results directly, the results shall be submitted in the same format as results on existing water systems.