Protecting New Hampshire’s Water

By Laura Knoy on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.

This month the Department of Environmental Services is wrapping up a series of public hearings around the Granite State on how best to manage our water resources, a key component of New Hampshire’s natural beauty and a cornerstone of its tourism industry. DES has come up with a new set of recommendations on how to maintain the health of the state’s waters, including improvements to dams, better protection for private wells, and a solution to the nagging problem of storm water runoff. We'll look at the state of our water resources and the plans to protect them.

Guests

  • Sarah Pillsbury, administrator of the Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services
  • Paul Susca, water resource planner for the Drinking Water and Groundwater Bureau
  • Ted Diers, Coastal Program Manager for the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services

We'll also hear from

  • Judith Spang, Democratic state representative from Strafford and chair of the Resources, Recreation and Development Committee
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Water Quality
Pamela Parrish - Thu, 04/30/2009 - 08:48

Three things for conversation with Gov. Lynch

Collection of water from roofs good cisterns to use water for plants / lawns Encourage edible landscaping not ornamentals.

Humanure - as young people put it - Let's stop peeing in our drinking water. If you are upgrading sewer systems, get them truly
separate from drinking water.

And yes, stop selling bottled water from aquifers. the bottles the water is put in are yet another pollutant - use of oil

Peace
Pamela Parrish

watershed aproach - today's show
Erika Washburn - Thu, 04/30/2009 - 08:56

Concerning land use and the watershed approach, there is a conference being held this June for the towns of the Lamprey River watershed concerning just this. June 13 in Nottingham- Your guests know something about this!