1. (a) The rules in this part shall apply to any person required to register a water use under RSA 488:3, I, namely any person whose cumulative incoming water or cumulative outgoing water exceeds an average of 20,000 gallons of water per day in any 7-day period, or exceeds a total volume of 600,000 gallons in any 30-day period.

2. (b) Except as provided in (c), below, this chapter shall apply to any of the following water uses that meets or exceeds the criteria specified in (a), above:

   1. (1) Domestic, commercial, industrial, or institutional supply;
   2. (2) Treated or untreated municipal or industrial wastewater discharge;
   3. (3) Industrial make-up and processing;
   4. (4) Contact and non-contact cooling;
   5. (5) Agriculture, including livestock and crops;
   6. (6) Irrigation other than for agriculture and discharge of return flows;
   7. (7) The production of mechanical or electrical power;
   8. (8) The containerized transport of water in bulk quantities;
   9. (9) Withdrawals and discharges associated with site remediation activities; and
   10. (10) Any other use that equals or exceeds the water volumes identified in (a), above.
3. (c) Pursuant to RSA 488:11, these rules shall not apply to a discrete withdrawal arising from an emergency event, such as fire suppression.

4. (d) The following uses shall not be included in determining cumulative water use under (a), above:

   1. (1) Use of recycled water stored in holding ponds that are not connected to surface waters nor constructed below the water table at facilities that process aggregate materials; and
   2. (2) Withdrawals and discharges for the purpose of dewatering quarries or other excavations following discrete events of stormwater inflow.

Source. #9279, eff 9-24-08; ss by #12135, eff 3-21-17