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Bottom of Form We all live in a watershed the area that drains to a common
waterway, such as a stream, lake, estuary, wetland, aquifer, or even the ocean
and our individual actions can directly affect it. Working together using a watershed
approach will help protect our nation's water resources
Water Closest to Elementary school in Litchfield, NH:
River Merrimack River

Springs Bristol

Stream Chase Brook

Ocean Atlantic

Reservoir Lake

Massabesic

Bay Portsmouth Bay

Brook Nesenkeag Brook

Gulf Gulf of Maine

Wetlands

Estuary - Piscataqua River is a tidal estuary

Lake Lake Winnisquam

Watershed Watts Brook, Colby Brook, Nesenkeag

Brook, Merrimack, Chase Brook

Pond Half Moon Pond

Largest Lake - Lake
Winnipesaukee

Aquifer Conservation Commission 5/5/2011 Page 1 of 2 Litchfield

Conservation Commission May 5, 2011 7:00 p.m. Town Hall 2 Liberty Way
1. Tax Map 22 Lot 11 (property owner for proposed gas station in an aquifer
protection district) & (Litchfield Building Inspector) in attendance. Person to speak
to LCC regarding gas stations and fuel storage. Person states that the gasoline
underground storage tanks are monitored and maintained, they are equipped with
alarms and they are contained. Spillage is minimal to nothing, just surface spills.
Hoses are designed to snap off and shut down, the pumps are equipped with dry
chem Systems. As an example the Mobile Gas Station in Manchester the dry chem
system accidently discharged and the chem powder went everywhere. Older
systems lines werent protected as they are now. Litchfield NH is basically all in an
aquifer protection district some areas rate higher in importance as far as aquifer
districts. In Persons opinion fuel tanks at gas stations not the problem, residents in
the area of the proposed gas station all have 250 gal oil tanks in their basements,
people have gas tanks in their garages more of chance of leakage from these, the
businesses in the area have fuel storage. Person asks the question of the possibility
of vapor releases from UST (underground storage tanks). Vapor release, chronic
small spills and larger spills sometimes take place during the process of fueling
vehicles and portable containers. MtBE isnt used in the gasoline anymore, which
can be found in groundwater wherever gasoline is used and has been found to
easily escape from USTs. The State of NH does not have a hard requirement for
frequency of inspections, generally every 3 years.