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In 2006 the General Court enacted HB 1609 which required NHDES to conduct a pilot groundwater management plan for a geopolitical area of the Seacoast.  HB 1609 specifically required the Department to:  

1. Devise methods to estimate future water needs and water availability for a 10-year planning period within a defined geopolitical area of the seacoast area    of  NH.
2. Recommend methodologies for municipalities to use in the development of water management plans and to inform NHDES in the large groundwater withdrawal permitting process.
3. Include an analysis of all current water withdrawals, estimated available surface and groundwater, and estimates of future water needs of municipal water systems, residential, agricultural, commercial, and industrial water users within the study area.

HB 1609 requires NHDES to use existing data to complete the study and to identify and work with appropriate stakeholders to complete the pilot Groundwater Management Plan.

Draft Pilot Groundwater Management Plan