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City of Portsmouth Celebrates National Drinking Water Week with Community Water Forum on May 3, 2022

April 20, 2022

The week of May 1-7, 2022 is National Drinking Water Week and the City of Portsmouth and Safe Water ...

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Department of Public Works Water Division Provides Drinking Water Status Report for First Quarter 2022

April 21, 2022

Portsmouth and Pease International Tradeport Drinking Water Status Report, First Quarter 2022

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City of Portsmouth to Conduct Routine Hydrant Flushing Starting April 11, 2022

March 28, 2022

The City of Portsmouth Department of Public Works Water Division begins its annual routine flushing of fire hy...

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Portsmouth-Dover Emergency Supply Water Line Plan

Drinking Water and Groundwater Commission Votes to Fund Design of Emergency Water Connection Between Portsmouth and Dover

March 31, 2022

The New Hampshire Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund Advisory Commission unanimously voted at its ...

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The Water Division

The Water Division performs the following functions for the communities served by the Portsmouth regional water system that include Portsmouth, Pease Tradeport, Newington, New Castle, Greenland and portions of Rye and Madbury:

Maintains water mains, hydrants and valves
Maintains water services to the customer's shutoff valves (the customer is responsible for the private portion of their service beyond the shutoff valve)
Maintains/installs/reads water meters
Performs backflow testing and cross connection control program
Manages the Bellamy Reservoir and Madbury Surface Water Treatment Facility together with eight groundwater wells