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Board reviews draft private‑well regulations; debates testing frequency and numeric standards
Summary
The board discussed proposed changes to private‑well rules including water‑quantity calculation instructions, whether to include numeric state contaminant levels in the local regulation, and a rental‑property testing disclosure; no rule changes were adopted and staff will further edit the draft.
Members of the Gardner Board of Health reviewed a draft of proposed private well regulations on June 16 that would add procedural detail for water‑quantity calculations, clarify water‑quality expectations and require some testing and disclosure by rental property owners.
A staff member leading the revision said she restored model‑regulation guidance on how to calculate required well yield for houses larger than the default bedroom count and added tables illustrating…
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