Most of New Hampshire's community PWSs are small, serving a population of less than 1000 people. All PWSs are required to comply with drinking water standards, water quality monitoring requirements, public notification requirements, and operational and construction standards. The Lead and Copper Rule Surface Water Treatment Rule Violations from these programs and any resulting enforcement actions are the basis of the Annual Compliance Reports. EPA specifies which water testing methods the water systems must use and sets schedules for the frequency of testing. Monitoring violations occur when samples are not taken or results are not reported during a compliance period.
Violations are specific to rules.
The period of time during which monitoring was required to be performed. The highest amount of a contaminant that EPA allows in drinking water. NH tends to have a higher number of MCL occurrences than other states. Env-Ws 322.11, which requires the owner of a PWS to enter into a written agreement with a certified laboratory to report drinking water quality analyses. The agreement must contain the provision that the laboratory report all analytical results directly to WSEB, the primacy agency.