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Water System Emergency Planning/Security

Safe and secure drinking water is the highest priority, and water systems are continuing to assess their vulnerabilities and taking action to maintain and improve emergency response and security. The DWGB is working to provide systems with the training and tools necessary to continue to protect the state's drinking water and meet new emergency planning and security challenges.

Env-Ws 360.01 Notification of Impairment requires community and non-community, non-transient water systems to notify the DWGB within 24 hours of an emergency or security breach. Specifically the rule requires notification whenever treatment of a public water supply is interrupted, or the source of the supply is damaged or depleted so as to impair, or likely to impair, the quality or the sufficiency of the supply. Or after discovery of any actual or suspected tampering, sabotage, security breach, or any suspicious incident at the water system.

Hot Topics (Complete List)

• Bulk Water for Public Water Systems
• DES Emergency Numbers
• Emergency Planning
• Mutual Aid
• Security
• Vulnerability Assessments

Publications

• Public Water Systems Notification Card – Emergency Procedures
• Emergency Bulk Water for Public Water Systems (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-18-2)
• Emergency Planning for Public Water Systems (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-18-3)
• Emergency Water Supply Wells for Public Water Systems (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-18-4)
• FAQs on Water and Wastewater Mutual Aid and Assistance (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-18-1)

Rules/Regulatory

• Env-Ws 360.15 Emergency Plans for Community Water Systems
• Homeland Security Presidential Directive/HSPD-8

Technical Assistance

• Additional Assistance

Training (Complete List)

• Training

Grants/Loans

• Funding Assistance

Resources/Links (Complete List)

• Homeland Security

FAQs

• FAQs on Water and Wastewater Mutual Aid and Assistance (Fact Sheet WD-DWGB-18-1)

Contact Us

• Johnna McKenna
  NH Water System Security Contact
  NHDES Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-7017
  (603) 271-0656 (fax)
  johnna.mckenna@des.nh.gov

 

 

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NH Department of Environmental Services | 29 Hazen Drive | PO Box 95 | Concord, NH 03302-0095
(603) 271-3503 | TDD Access: Relay NH 1-800-735-2964 | Hours: M-F, 8am-4pm