New Hampshire Code of Administrative Rules
He - Department of Health and Human Services
Subtitle He-P - Former Division of Public Health Services
Chapter He-P 2100 - BEVERAGES AND BOTTLED WATER
Part He-P 2102 - BOTTLED, BULK AND VENDED WATER
Section He-P 2102.03 - Spring Water

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 2102.03

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

Spring water shall meet all requirements set forth in 21 CFR 165.110(a) (2) (vi) , as follows:

(a) Spring water, as defined in He-P 2101.01(ad) , shall be collected only at the spring or through a bore hole tapping the underground formation feeding the spring;

(b) There shall be a natural force causing the water to flow to the surface through a natural orifice;

(c) The location of the spring shall be identified;

(d) Spring water collected with the use of an external force shall:

(1) Be from the same underground stratum as the spring, as shown by a measurable hydraulic connection using a hydrogeologically valid method between the borehole and the natural spring; and

(2) Have all the physical properties, before treatment, and be of the same composition and quality, as the water that flows naturally to the surface of the earth;

(e) If spring water is collected with the use of an external force, water shall continue to flow naturally to the surface of the earth through the spring's natural orifice; and

(f) Plants shall demonstrate on request, to appropriate regulatory officials, using hydrogeologically valid methods, that a hydraulic connection exists between the natural orifice of the spring and the borehole.

#1930, eff 1-26-82; ss by #2599(E), eff 1-23-84, exp. 5-23-84

New. #5383, eff 4-22-92, EXPIRED 4-22-98

New. #6737, Interim, eff 4-25-98, EXPIRED 8-23-98

New. #7979, eff 10-22-03; ss by #10012, INTERIM, eff 10-22-11, EXPIRES: 4-19-12; ss by #10116, eff 4-19-12

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