This bill proposes an appropriation of funds to the Department of Environmental Services for the purpose of funding regional drinking water infrastructure. Specifically, it allocates $2,000,000 from general funds and $4,500,000 from a combination of federal funds and the drinking water and groundwater trust fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. The funding is directed towards Phase 2 of the Southern New Hampshire Regional Water Project, which aims to increase the water supply by over 2 million gallons per day to multiple towns affected by PFAS contamination and increasing water demands.

The bill outlines that the project will include the design of all necessary ancillary projects, the construction of chemical feed at existing water storage tanks in Derry and Salem, and the raising of the water level of Lake Massabesic. The funds appropriated for this project are designated as nonlapsing, and the governor is authorized to draw a warrant for the sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2024, as approved on July 26, 2024. There are no insertions or deletions indicated in the provided text.