Facility Information

The Town has had multiple reports completed on the water system over the last decade or so and has requested that Underwood Engineers compile all of the recommendations from those reports into one comprehensive Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) so the Town can develop a financial plan to implement the recommendations. This CIP identifies projects and costs over the next 10 years.

Given the events in Flint, MI, where a switch to a different more corrosive water source and a lack of proper corrosion control led to leaching of lead from existing water system materials and resultant high lead levels in the distribution system, the Town of Newmarket wants to ensure that similar high lead concentrations do not occur in the Newmarket distribution system as a result of the addition of the MacIntosh well. 

Section D.4 of the Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) requires the Town of Newmarket (Town) to submit to EPA and NHDES a total nitrogen non-point and point source stormwater control plan (“Nitrogen Control Plan”), including a schedule of at least five (5) years for implementing specific control measures to address identified non-point source and stormwater point source nitrogen loadings in the Town that contribute total nitrogen to the Great Bay estuary, including the Lamprey River. This document serves as the means for the Town to meet this requirement of the AOC.

Twenty year build out plan for water and wastewater.

On May 23, 2018 Underwater Solutions Inc. conducted an inspection of the Great Hill water storage tank to provide information regarding the overall condition and integrity of this tank.

As you may or may not know, the State of New Hampshire recently became the first state to promulgate enforceable drinking water standards. Attached are a few things to know as the new rules are implemented. In July 2016, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services emailed and/or mailed a letter requesting that all community and non-transient, non-community water systems voluntarily sample for PFOA,PFOS and four other per fluorinated chemicals (PFCs) totaling nine samples. After receiving the results it was determined by NHDES that the Town of Newmarket did not need to continue monitoring on a regular basis. In July 2018 the Water Department made the decision to resample for PFOA, PFOS because technology made it possible to detect a greater number of per fluorinated chemicals ( Twenty Four ). Again Newmarket came back well under accepted levels according to New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services. The Town of Newmarket Water Department will continue to sample for PFOA/PFOS as science and technology improves making it possible to detect different variations of per fluorinated chemicals to try and stay ahead of this emerging contaminant.