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How-To Guide for New Hampshire Transient Water Systems
Providing drinking water means more than providing your customers with a cool beverage. Examples of drinking water uses include, but are not limited to drinking water faucets, bathroom facilities, bathing, ice production, making coffee, and food preparation. Your water system is considered a Transient Non-Community public water system (TNC), even if you don’t intend to provide water for drinking, and even if you provide bottled water instead of tap water.
A TNC is any publicly or privately owned establishment that provides water to 25 or more people per day for more than sixty days each year. If your business or facility has its own well and has the capacity to provide services for at least 25 people every day, you operate a TNC. Common examples of TNCs include restaurants, convenience stores, ski areas, campgrounds, and motels.
As an owner/operator of a public water system, it is your duty to ensure that your water system is operating in a way that protects the health of you, your employees, and your customers. This guide for New Hampshire TNCs will help you provide safe potable water for your customers and keep your water system in compliance with state regulations.