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Emergency Drought Assistance to Low-Income Residential Well Owners Concord, NH – At the request of Governor Chris Sununu, the NH Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission and the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) have created a new initiative to provide short-term relief and financial assistance for low-income New Hampshire homeowners served by residential Read More

Drinking Water and Ground Water Trust Fund Grants to Protect Water Supply Lands Wednesday, September 9 at 12 noon with Sandy Crystall from NH Department of Environmental Services The New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund (DWGTF) was established under RSA 485-F to provide for the protection, preservation, and enhancement of drinking water and Read More

Thank you to all of those who joined us for Tuesday’s webinar that reviewed the application process for 2020! We are working on making the audio of the webinar available. PDF: 2020 DWGTF Application Training (July 28 2020) Webinar PowerPoint & Audio: https://youtu.be/l03ioFD17kU If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to Read More

On July 28th, using GoToWebinar, we will provide an overview of this year’s DWGTF Award Plan and important changes made to the Annual Drinking Water Construction Projects Assistance Program application process for 2020. Questions will be strongly encouraged from the attendees to supplement the presentations and create interactive conversation about the assistance program. The webinar Read More

On behalf of the Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission, the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) is now accepting funding applications for 2020 round of the Annual Drinking Water Construction Project Assistance Program. Eligible applicants may apply for assistance with drinking water infrastructure projects. Please review the 2020 Award Plan for more guidance: Read More

The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES) remains operational to respond to your needs, however, to reduce the possibility of disease transmission due to the COVID-19 State of Emergency, our buildings in Concord and Pease are closed to the public. Instead of coming to the building, please call the program you wish to speak Read More

In keeping with NHDES’ mission to  protect the environment and public health in New Hampshire and in accordance with the CDC’s recently released guidance for large events and mass gatherings, the 2020 Source Water Protection Funding Workshop scheduled for Wednesday, April 8, 2020 has been cancelled. We are will keep you updated with information on Read More

Announcement – The April 10, 2020 Water Infrastructure Funding Workshop has been cancelled. (updated March 19, 2020) In keeping with NHDES’ mission to  protect the environment and public health in New Hampshire and in accordance with the CDC’s recently released guidance for large events and mass gatherings, the 2020 Water Infrastructure Funding Workshop scheduled for Read More

The next meeting of the full DWGTF Advisory Commission is scheduled for Tuesday, November 12, at 10 am in Rooms 205-207 of the Legislative Office Building.  The focus of this meeting will be to review the funding recommendations from the Drinking Water Construction Project Assistance Program Subcommittees and the Source Water Protection Grant Program Subcommittee and Read More

The Source Water Protection Grant Program Funding Application Review Subcommittee will be meeting at 9 am, Tuesday, November 5 at the Department of Environmental Services Room 208C.  The Subcommittee will be discussing the site walks conducted by NHDES, the funding applications, and developing a list of recommended projects to fund for presentation to the full Read More