RSA 485:48 Wellhead Protection.

The department may institute a wellhead protection program as described in section 1428 of the federal Safe Drinking Water Amendments of 1986. The program shall be consistent with the provisions of RSA 485-C and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
I. Determination of the responsibilities of state and local government units, and those of public drinking water supply systems with respect to wellhead protection.
II. Determination of the extent of the wellhead protection area, based on reasonably available hydrogeologic data, groundwater flow, recharge, discharge, and other data the department deems necessary to such determination.
III. Identify within each wellhead protection area all potential anthropogenic sources of contaminants which may have any