Reinstatement of NHDES PFAS Removal Rebate Program for Private Wells on September 9, 2024

CONCORD, NH – Last week, House Bill 1649 was signed into law, allowing the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NHDES), while administrative rules are in the process of being adopted, to continue to provide rebates for water treatment or connection to public water systems as part of an effort to assist private well users whose water supply has been impacted by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination.

In response to this action, NHDES will reinstate the PFAS Removal Rebate Program for Private Wells for eligible applicants on September 9, 2024. At this time the department continues to process rebates for applications submitted prior to the program suspension on June 10, 2024.

NHDES will release a new application form for submission starting on September 9, 2024. Highlights of the program terms include:

• Rebates up to $5,000 to assist in the installation of a treatment system designed to remove PFAS or up to $10,000 for a service connection to a public water system completed after September 30, 2019.
• Applicants are limited to owners of residential properties in the state of New Hampshire that use a drinking water well impacted by PFAS and have not been offered or are not being provided alternate water, temporary or permanent, from a potentially liable third party.
• Provisions will be made available for income-qualified applicants to request rebates be distributed directly to a treatment installer or contractor.

Program specifics will be made available on the PFAS Removal Rebate for Private Wells website as soon as possible. NHDES looks forward to continuing to administer assistance to impacted private well users through this program.