{"data":{"id":"us-nh/rsa-487-40","jurisdiction":"us-nh","citation":"RSA 487:40","heading":"Duties of the Department.","body":"To the extent that funds are available, the department shall:\nI. Assist volunteer organizations in monitoring the water quality of rivers and streams;\nII. Provide technical assistance to local river management advisory committees, watershed organizations, municipalities, educational facilities, and the general public for the purpose of monitoring river water quality;\nIII. Educate citizens about the need for and the methods of sampling river and stream waters and the importance of keeping the state's waters clean;\nIV. Provide the water quality data obtained by volunteers to other state programs that administer water quality programs; the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency; and municipalities;\nV. Provide volunteer monitoring organizations with an annual monitoring report that includes historical data, trends, and recommendations to keep a river or stream within the water quality standards; and\nVI. Lend sampling equipment to volunteer monitoring organizations as needed.","path":["Title L: WATER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION","Chapter 487: CONTROL OF MARINE POLLUTION AND AQUATIC GROWTH","New Hampshire Volunteer River Assessment Program"],"source_url":"https://gc.nh.gov/rsa/html/L/487/487-40.htm","current_through":"2025 regular legislative session, or December 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T16:40:05Z","sha256":"ab5d9463947da51d4e2579200e1ae3b6ba3f840a9c6cbf55f2557cf4f0df8a22","source_id":"us-nh","stale":false,"prev":"us-nh/rsa-487-39","next":"us-nh/rsa-487-41"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}