NH Rebate Program for Private Wells

New Hampshire PFAS Rebate Program for Private Wells New Hampshire offers funding to help eligible private well owners pay for PFAS treatment. Through the PFAS Removal Rebate Program for Private Wells, qualifying homeowners may receive up to $5,000 for a PFAS treatment system or up to $10,000 to connect to a public water system. Who […]

Common water issues in New Hampshire

Common Water Issues in New Hampshire Hard Water Hard water means your water contains a lot of dissolved minerals, mainly calcium and magnesium. In a New Hampshire home, that often shows up as white scale on fixtures, spots on dishes, soap that will not lather well, stiff laundry, and buildup inside water heaters and plumbing. […]

Seacoast Water Warnings: Portsmouth, Newington, Greenland, Rye, North Hampton

On New Hampshire’s Seacoast, several towns have been part of well-known PFAS concern areas. The former Pease site is located in parts of Portsmouth, Newington, and Greenland, while the Coakley Landfill site is located in North Hampton and Greenland and borders Rye. That does not mean every home in these towns has unsafe water. It […]

New Hampshire Water Quality 2026

New Hampshire water is not uniformly bad, but it is highly variable. Arsenic in southeastern areas, radon/uranium in parts of the state, PFAS in southern and seacoast hot spots, and common well issues like iron, manganese, hardness, bacteria, nitrate, sodium, and chloride.