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DPW Publishes Portsmouth & Pease Drinking Water Report 2023 Q2

August 1, 2023

Portsmouth & Pease Drinking Water Status Report 2023 Q2

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Water Division cleans and inspects water storage tanks

September 5, 2023

On September 5 through 8, 2023 the City of Portsmouth Water Division is conducting rout...

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Graph showing water supplied by month 2022

DPW Water Division Provides Pease & Portsmouth Drinking Water System 2022 Year in Review

February 13, 2023

Go to the Pease & Portsmouth Drinking Water System 2022 Year in Review Report. ...

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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