1. Declaration of Purpose:

WHEREAS increased public travel in and about the lands and reservoirs comprising the Watershed Area of the public water supply for the Town of Hanover has created a situation of unreasonable risk of danger to the public health of Hanover, in view of the small size of the reservoir and the limited treatment of the public drinking water; and,

WHEREAS Federal and State agencies have recommended that all recreational use of land and roads in the Watershed Area cease for the protection of public health; and,

WHEREAS the health and safety of the residents of Hanover who use the public water supply require in the judgment of the Hanover Health Officer the regulation of said lands and roads and water in the Watershed Area.

NOW THEREFORE, the Hanover Health Officer with the approval of the Board of Selectmen makes the following regulations pursuant to New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated Chapter 147:

Public Health Regulations as to the Hanover Watershed Area

The following regulations are hereby adopted and apply as to that portion of the Town of Hanover as described on the map attached hereto and made a part hereof:

It shall be unlawful for any person to:

1. Bathe in or use a boat or to fish in or about the reservoirs located in the Watershed Area.

2. To traverse the ice or cut ice in said reservoirs.

3. To enter without right upon or remain on any land of the Watershed Area.

Exceptions: These regulations shall not be construed to prevent any Federal, State or Town officer or employee or any employee of the Hanover Water Works Company from performing their duties in the Watershed Area.

Penalty: Any person violating these regulations shall be fined as provided in New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated Chapter 147.

Adopted August 7, 1973.

Attached is a copy of a map.

jordshan ord17 (health watershed area)