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 386 - RULES FOR PROTECTING THE PURITY OF REGULATED WATERSHEDS
Section Env-Ws 386.32 - Protection of the Purity of Camp Brook Including the Upper and Lower Hanover Reservoirs and Hanover Center Reservoir and their Watersheds
Current through Register No. 13, March 27, 2025
(a) The purpose of this section is to protect the purity of the water of Camp Brook, the Upper and Lower Hanover Reservoir and Hanover Center Reservoir which is the principal drinking water supply for the town of Hanover.
(b) This section shall apply within:
(c) Any person violating this section shall, in accordance with RSA 485:26, be guilty of a misdemeanor if a natural person or guilty of a felony if any other person.
(d) In accordance with the provisions of RSA 485:24, the health officer and the board of health of the town of Hanover and their duly authorized agents may act as agents of the department for the enforcement of this section in cooperation with the department.
(e) Where any provision of this section is in conflict with local ordinances, the more stringent provision shall apply.
(f) Any deviations from this section shall be by written consent of the department in accordance with Env-Ws 386.04. The provisions of this section shall not apply to employees of the board of water commissioners engaged in the performance of necessary duties for the protection and control of said brook and reservoirs.
(g) In addition to any prohibitions adopted by local ordinance, the prohibitions that apply in the Camp Brook, Upper and Lower Hanover Reservoirs, and Hanover Center Reservoir watersheds described in (b), above, shall be as follows:
(h) The Hanover water company shall post a summary of the prohibitions contained in (g) above at all public access locations where persons might reasonably be expected to access Camp Brook, the Upper and LowerHanover Reservoirs and the Hanover Center Reservoir or their tributaries. This posted summary may also contain any prohibitions enacted by local ordinance.
#6521, eff 6-4-97 (See Revision Note at chapter heading for Env-Ws 300); ss by #8360, INTERIM, eff 6-4-05, EXPIRED: 12-1-05; ss by #8500, eff 11-30-05