RSA 486-A:3 State Contribution; Surface Water Treatment Costs; Water Supply Land Protection Costs; Regional Water System Costs.

I. (a) Any public water system which is or was required, beginning in 1986, to achieve compliance with the surface water treatment rules of the EPA or the rules of the New Hampshire department of environmental services adopted to implement the federal Safe Drinking Water Act amendments of 1986 shall be eligible for a state contribution. As its contribution, the state shall pay 20 percent of the annual amortization charges, meaning the principal and interest, on the eligible surface water treatment costs resulting from the construction of new wells or a filtration system to meet the requirements of the surface water treatment rules.
(b) To be eligible under RSA 486-A:3, I(a), construction shall be necessary in order for the public water system to comply with the surface water t