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 2300 - SANITARY PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD
Part He-P 2304 - APPLICATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURE
Section He-P 2304.06 - Water System Requirements

Universal Citation: NH Admin Rules He-P 2304.06

Current through Register No. 40, October 3, 2024

(a) Food establishments served by non-community public water systems, as defined by RSA 485:1-a, XV, shall indicate, as part of their application for a license, the Public Water System (PWS) identification number which has been assigned by the New Hampshire department of environmental services (DES) .

(b) For an application to be approved, the non-community public water system regulated by DES serving the food establishment shall:

(1) Be in compliance with all applicable water quality standards and monitoring and reporting requirements of Env-Dw707 through 720 and Env-Dw 801 as applicable; or

(2) Be in compliance with the requested actions in a letter of deficiency, or the required actions of an administrative order, issued by DES and established to obtain compliance with the regulations cited in (1) above.

(c) Food establishments which are classified as public water systems, as defined by RSA 485:1-a, XV, shall indicate, as part of their application for a license, the PWS identification number which has been assigned by DES.

(d) For an application under this paragraph to be approved, the water system shall:

(1) Be in compliance with all applicable water quality standards and monitoring and reporting requirements of Env-Dw707 through 720 and Env-Dw 801 as applicable; or

(2) Be in compliance with the requested actions in a letter of deficiency, or the required actions of an administrative order, issued by the DES and established to obtain compliance with the regulations cited in (1) above.

(e) Food establishments which purchase their water from a community public water systems, as defined by RSA 485:1-a, XV, and therefore do not fall under (a) above, shall indicate this information on the application.

(f) Food establishments which do not fall under (a) through (e), and are instead served by a water source other than a public water system, shall submit with the initial and renewal application the written results of a laboratory analysis of the water intended for use, which tests the level of the following:

(1) Bacteria;

(2) Nitrates; and

(3) Nitrites.

(g) The analyses required by (f) above shall be conducted not more than 6 months prior to the date of the application by a laboratory accredited by DES to perform such tests in accordance with Env-C 300.

(h) For an application to be approved, the results of the water analysis shall be as follows:

(1) The bacteria test required under (f) above shall not exceed the maximum contaminant level (MCL) for drinking water prescribed by Env-Dw 702; and

(2) The nitrate and nitrite tests required under (f) above shall not exceed the MCL for drinking water prescribed by Env-Dw 704 for those 2 contaminants.

#6722, eff 3-27-98; ss by #7893, eff 5-21-03; ss by #9857-A, eff 2-1-11

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