This bill mandates that water districts, when their water fails to meet potability standards set by the Department of Environmental Services, must provide residential customers with a water filtration system capable of treating at least 2 gallons of water per bedroom daily. This requirement is triggered if the remediation costs proposed by the Department are presented to the legislative body and do not pass. The water districts are given one year from the date of the failed vote to implement this provision. Importantly, the maintenance of these filtration systems will not be the responsibility of the water districts, and they may impose a special assessment to cover the costs of providing these systems.

Additionally, the bill specifies that commercial and municipal customers are not eligible for the filtration systems and mandates that warning signs be posted at sources of non-potable water. Furthermore, water districts are required to provide an annual explanation to all users regarding the reasons for the water's non-potability. The new legal language inserted into the current law includes the addition of a new paragraph (I-a) to RSA 31:139, while no deletions from existing law are noted in the text provided. The act is set to take effect 60 days after its passage.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 31:139