updated: January 8, 2019
NH DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL SVCS CLAIMS
SAVE THE DATE
Friday, April 19, 2019
Contact: Emily Nichols, DWSRF Program
Tel: (603) 271-8320
Email: emily.nichols@des.nh.gov
State Revolving Fund And Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund Workshop for Drinking Water, Wastewater and Storm Water Systems
Location: 29 Hazen Drive, Concord, NH
DWSRF : https://www.des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/dwgb/capacity/dwsrf.htm CWSRF:https://www.des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wweb/grants.htm DWGWT: https://www4.des.state.nh.us/nh-dwg-trust/
Governor Sanunu stated in the June 30, 2018 fiscal year end Comprehensive Annual Financial Report, for the State of New Hampshire, "It has been my paramount duty as Governor to be a prudent manager of taxpayer resources; I have tasked the heads of the Executive Branch Agencies with finding efficiencies, controlling costs, and implementing innovative solutions. The state's preliminary surplus statement is a testament to the strong management by our team."
Governor Sanunu also said, "previous budgets used surplus funds from the preceding biennium to balance the books and to justify unsustainable government spending. Due to these financial tricks, long-term operational obligations became untenable and in 2011, almost $900 million had to be cut from the State Budget. For Fiscal Year 2018-2019, we decided to leave this irresponsible practice behind, passing a budget that is truly balanced within itself, Rather than using unpredictable surplus revenue to justify long-term spending, we used those one-time funds for one-time investments in our state, and we saw the benefits in FY 18. After almost a decade of anemic growth, New Hampshire’s economy is flourishing again."
Sanunu also said, "New Hampshire’s Economy is booming, our Government is increasingly efficient and nimble, and our demographics are becoming younger and more diverse. The strong management reflected (in the report) has resulted in dividends which will be reinvested in areas from education, to housing, to transportation, to critical state facilities and systems. We have an amazing opportunity to use these surplus funds to make strategic one-time investments that ensure that New Hampshire remains the national standard for a small, effective, responsive, government."
Is NH government truly taking people for an entire village now of inflicted brain injuries? Many residents question the state's government, shamefully falsely claiming now, that a tax free state can actually recover from $900 Million in state budget cuts, to suddenly a miraculously "booming economy" again, in just only 6 months, by one of the smallest states in the country. this is either "the goose that laid the golden egg", or a golden formula that should now be shared with the entire country.
1. NH hospital's are still very incapable of handling what they already have now, to the point of being incapable of even correctly properly treating an outbreak of gonorrhea in 2016.
2. NH's leading cause of death for the past five years has only been cancer, and NH government has yet again to even conclude why. Then drug overdose and suicide. Simply dying of old age is becoming extremely rare and harder to come by in the state of NH.
3. NH also has the highest rate now of pediatric cancer throughout the entire country.
2. NH's leading cause of death for the past five years has only been cancer, and NH government has yet again to even conclude why. Then drug overdose and suicide. Simply dying of old age is becoming extremely rare and harder to come by in the state of NH.
3. NH also has the highest rate now of pediatric cancer throughout the entire country.
4. NH private residential wells have been running dry and toilets can't be flushed.
5. the state has unsustainable drinking water.
6. 3.18 percent of NH residents already only live on disability for mental illness alone while the entire country only has 1.76 percent.
7. Among adults served in New Hampshire’s public mental health system in 2015, only 45.0% of those aged 18–20, 27.1% of those aged 21–64, and 59.5% of those aged 65 or older were not in the labor force.
7. Among adults served in New Hampshire’s public mental health system in 2015, only 45.0% of those aged 18–20, 27.1% of those aged 21–64, and 59.5% of those aged 65 or older were not in the labor force.
8. Men and women, young and old, mental health patients consenting to hospital treatments, have been kidnapped and transferred to a jail cell in the men's state penitentiary for 23 hours a day, and are even being tazored like criminals for over the past 30 years.
9. The NH Judicial Branch of Government has thoroughly documented only how the majority of NH judges have been "mentally unstable and/or a drunk behind the bench" now for the past 214 years.
In 1804, John Pickering, a NH circuit court judge made Federal Judiciary history, by becoming the very first American judicial circuit court judge to ever be impeached, exactly for being mentally unstable and a drunk behind the bench, even 214 years ago.
In 1804, John Pickering, a NH circuit court judge made Federal Judiciary history, by becoming the very first American judicial circuit court judge to ever be impeached, exactly for being mentally unstable and a drunk behind the bench, even 214 years ago.
10. In New Hampshire, an annual average of about 52,000 adults aged 18 or older (4.9% of all adults) in 2014–2015 had serious thoughts of suicide in the past year. The annual average percentage in 2014–2015 was not significantly any different from the annual average percentage in 2011–2012.
11. In New Hampshire, about 11,000 adolescents aged 12–17 (11.1% of all adolescents) per year in 2013–2014 reported using illicit drugs within the month prior to being surveyed. The percentage did not change significantly from 2010–2011 to 2013–2014.
12. In New Hampshire, about 31,000 individuals aged 12–20 (19.5% of all individuals in this age group) per year in 2013–2014 reported binge alcohol use within the month prior to being surveyed. The percentage did not change significantly from 2010– 2011 to 2013–2014.
12. In New Hampshire, about 31,000 individuals aged 12–20 (19.5% of all individuals in this age group) per year in 2013–2014 reported binge alcohol use within the month prior to being surveyed. The percentage did not change significantly from 2010– 2011 to 2013–2014.
13. In New Hampshire, about 2 in 3 (66.4%) adolescents aged 12–17 in 2013–2014 perceived no great risk from having five or more drinks once or twice a week—a percentage higher than the national percentage (60.9). The percentage of adolescents aged 12–17 in New Hampshire who perceived no great risk from having five or more drinks once or twice a week did not change significantly from 2010–2011 to 2013–2014.
14. Yet, as of January 1, 2019, the drinking age was now even lowered to 20 years old.
15. Probably because the state doesn't even have sustainable drinking water now.
15. Probably because the state doesn't even have sustainable drinking water now.
16. In New Hampshire, an annual average of about 82,000 individuals aged 12 or older (7.2% of all individuals in this age group) in 2014–2015 had an alcohol use disorder in the past year. The annual average percentage in 2014–2015 was not significantly any different from the annual average percentage in 2011–2012. In 2016, that number has now increased to 87,000 per year.
17. Yet, what does New Hampshire about it? The state builds the largest liquor store in New England.
Are you even beginning to get the much bigger picture here yet? This has been all happening in the last decade for which Gov. Sanunu has miraculously now claimed, " After almost a decade of anemic growth, New Hampshire’s economy is flourishing again."
18. The Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund (Trust Fund)
The Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund, established under NH RSA 485-F, was suppose to be intended to provide the protection, preservation, and enhancement of the drinking water and groundwater resources of the entire state. So What happened? What happened was, and still is, and will always be, the NH government.
"As part of the establishment of the Drinking Water and Groundwater Trust Fund (Trust Fund), the legislature formed the Drinking Water and Groundwater Advisory Commission. The Commission was established to consult with and advise the Department of Environmental Services in the proper administration and management of the Fund. The Commission consists of nineteen members, including representatives of five State agencies, members of the House of Representatives and Senate, municipal officials, and members of the public.
NH RSA 485-F requires that the Commission meets at least quarterly and provides an annual report to the General Court with information on the progress of the MtBE efforts, expenditures for the year, projects begun or completed during the previous year, the balance of the Trust Fund, and any other information the Commission deems appropriate.
The Commission awards grants, revolving loan funds and matching funds to projects on a competitive basis from the Trust Fund in a manner consistent with RSA 485-F. All disbursements or grants shall require approval of the Governor and Council. Funds may be awarded if the project meets one of the following criteria:
NH RSA 485-F requires that the Commission meets at least quarterly and provides an annual report to the General Court with information on the progress of the MtBE efforts, expenditures for the year, projects begun or completed during the previous year, the balance of the Trust Fund, and any other information the Commission deems appropriate.
The Commission awards grants, revolving loan funds and matching funds to projects on a competitive basis from the Trust Fund in a manner consistent with RSA 485-F. All disbursements or grants shall require approval of the Governor and Council. Funds may be awarded if the project meets one of the following criteria:
- “Emergency remediation is necessary where contamination of drinking water or groundwater is prevalent;
- Planning, design and building of aging infrastructure is involved;
- The project protects against future contamination or impacted drinking water sources through measures including, but not limited to, the expansion of drinking water infrastructure or drinking water source protection;
- The project assists local and regional entities in the development and administration of local wellhead protection programs, including delineation of wellhead protection areas and the inventory and management of activities which have a potential effect on groundwater quality; and
- The project provides funding though cost-sharing grants to municipalities, municipally-owned water utilities and water utilities regulated by the Public Utilities Commission for the design, construction and extension of public water systems, and the establishment and expansion of wellhead protection areas where they provide the most cost effective method for providing safe and clean drinking water.” (RSA 485-F,VII)
The Commission shall take land preservation into consideration and encourage all applicants to provide matching funds beyond the minimum established by the Commission. Information on grant application forms and deadlines can be found at the following link.
In addition, for the grant program application requirements, the Commission develops criteria for selection, approval processes, and matching requirements for each applicant. Similarly, the Commission also develops criteria selection, approval processes and funding qualifications for the revolving loan fund application requirements.
Also, RSA 485-F requires that the Commission, at least annually, review the work and projects funded by the Trust Fund during the previous year. As part of the annual review, the Commission consults with the Department regarding these activities and provides advice and counsel to the Department regarding future work and project priorities.
At least every five years, the Commission prepares and files a report with the General Court evaluating the progress made relative to MtBE contamination, the efficiency of the program and whether the program continues to provide the maximum benefit to New Hampshire citizens. The report shall provide any recommendations for additional tasks for which the Trust Fund could be used to improve access to safe and clean drinking water."
“Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us."
In addition, for the grant program application requirements, the Commission develops criteria for selection, approval processes, and matching requirements for each applicant. Similarly, the Commission also develops criteria selection, approval processes and funding qualifications for the revolving loan fund application requirements.
Also, RSA 485-F requires that the Commission, at least annually, review the work and projects funded by the Trust Fund during the previous year. As part of the annual review, the Commission consults with the Department regarding these activities and provides advice and counsel to the Department regarding future work and project priorities.
At least every five years, the Commission prepares and files a report with the General Court evaluating the progress made relative to MtBE contamination, the efficiency of the program and whether the program continues to provide the maximum benefit to New Hampshire citizens. The report shall provide any recommendations for additional tasks for which the Trust Fund could be used to improve access to safe and clean drinking water."
“Of all the questions which can come before this nation, short of the actual preservation of its existence in a great war, there is none which compares in importance with the great central task of leaving this land even a better land for our descendants than it is for us."
President Theodore Roosevelt
