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State Sets PFAS Water Quality Standards

July 19, 2019

State of New Hampshire Approves New Standards for Four PFAS Compounds The City of Portsmouth is currently i...

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Portsmouth Water Div. Releases Annual Drinking Water Quality Reports

June 14, 2019

Each year, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requires community water systems to deliver a Consumer Co...

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June 2019 Water Supply Status Report

June 3, 2019

Despite the cool and wet weather pattern we have been experiencing in Southern New Hamp...

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May 2019 Portsmouth Water System PFC Sampling Update

May 28, 2019

The City of Portsmouth’s water supply staff continue to monitor all of our public water...

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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

Questions/Answers - City Council Work Session (Water/Sewer Budget): Please click here to review the Questions/Answers Document from the City Council Work Session (Water/Sewer Budget FY 19) May 16, 2018