New Hampshire § 482-B:10 Record of Wells;  Monitoring Wells

New Hampshire Statutes

§ 482-B:10 — Record of Wells; Monitoring Wells

New Hampshire § 482-B:10

Title LWATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION

Ch. 482-BNEW HAMPSHIRE WATER WELL BOARD

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N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 482-B:10 (2026).

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I. Within 90 days after completion of a well, the water well contractor shall provide the board with a record of the well containing the following information:

(a)Name of the owner of the property on which the well is situated.

(b)Name of the building contractor, if applicable.

(c)Location of the well by:

(1)Coordinates provided by global positioning technology in units of decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, with at least 5 decimal places of precision and referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) datum or its successor;

(2)Street address of the property as listed in the enhanced 911 street address guide to the extent it is publicly available on the date of submission of the report;

(3)Tax map and lot number of the property; and

(4)A drawing indicating the position

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I. Within 90 days after completion of a well, the water well contractor shall provide the board with a record of the well containing the following information:
(a) Name of the owner of the property on which the well is situated.
(b) Name of the building contractor, if applicable.
(c) Location of the well by:
(1) Coordinates provided by global positioning technology in units of decimal degrees of latitude and longitude, with at least 5 decimal places of precision and referenced to the World Geodetic System 1984 (WGS 84) datum or its successor;
(2) Street address of the property as listed in the enhanced 911 street address guide to the extent it is publicly available on the date of submission of the report;
(3) Tax map and lot number of the property; and
(4) A drawing indicating the position of each well, if more than one well is located within the lot, relative to significant permanent man-made or natural features at a given site.
(d) Date well was completed.
(e) Proposed use of well.
(f) Reason for constructing well.
(g) Type of well.
(h) Total depth of well.
(i) Casing details.
(j) Method or methods of sealing casing into bedrock, if applicable.
(k) Screen details, if applicable.
(l) Results, method, and duration of yield test or tests conducted.
(m) Static water level, if encountered.
(n) Depth to bedrock.
(o) Description and depth intervals of unconsolidated surficial deposits encountered during the well drilling process.
(p) Yield test at various depths, if performed.
(q) Hydro fracturing or other well development details, if applicable.
(r) Name of water well contractor or technical driller.
(s) Additional well seals installed, if applicable.
(t) A statement specifying whether a water quality sample was collected by the driller.
(u) If the well location does not comply with setback requirements for wells under New Hampshire law or rules of the water well board, a statement identifying the law or rule with which the wells do not comply.
(v) Date of the report.
(w) Any other information required by rules adopted by the water well board.
II. At a minimum, the technical drillers shall comply with the requirements of paragraph I for the deepest monitoring well installed at each property or place of business and for each monitoring well installed into the bedrock at each property or place of business.
III. If the technical driller does not comply with the requirements of paragraph I for all the monitoring wells the driller installs at a single property or place of business, then the technical driller shall prepare and submit a map showing the location of each monitoring well installed by the technical driller relative to significant permanent man-made or natural features at a given site and relative to wells located with GPS coordinates in accordance with paragraph I.