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New PFAS Health Advisories – June 15, 2022

New PFAS Health Advisories – June 15, 2022 The EPA has just released new interim goals for selected PFAS compounds (PFOA and PFOS) in drinking water.  These values only consider potential health impacts, and do not include critical factors such as laboratory detection limits, and treatment feasibility and cost. For example, EPA’s interim goals are substantially […]

Kids Connect with Water Through Science Projects and Poetry

NHWWA is proud to be a member of the Drinking Water Coalition that sponsors the 4th Grade NH Drinking Water Festival and the state-wide Water Science Fair and Poetry Contest. This year the festival was held virtually and we had great participation in the science fair and poetry contest. Fourth grade students, inspired by their […]

Win With Water April 4, 2022

Are Your Water Rates Right for YOU? This article talks about the importance of setting equitable and adequate user rates to fund public drinking water operations and improvements.  Clean, safe, and affordable public drinking water underpins economic and public health and benefits our residents, businesses, visitors, hospitals, and schools. As “hidden infrastructure”, water services are […]

Win With Water! 3-10-2022

Employment – Attracting the Best and the Brightest One of public water’s greatest challenges is offering compensation that competes, dollar for dollar, with the private sector. Traditionally, lower hourly municipal pay has been offset by higher job security and benefits such as health care and retirement. With current entry-level wages close to municipal starting pay, […]