RSA 486-A:1: Purpose.

The purpose of this chapter is to provide a state contribution to aid all public water systems in achieving compliance with the requirements of the surface water treatment rules of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the formation or improvement of regional water systems that provide a benefit to public health, safety, and economic well-being, to provide a state contribution to aid public water systems in the evaluation of the groundwater contributing area of public wells that have recorded levels of chemical contaminants, excluding MTBE, and to protect sources of public drinking water that serve community or non-transient non-community water systems and associated natural resources through the acquisition of land or conservation easements within source water protection areas.