MA H977

Local boards of health must submit annual reports by December 31st to the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) on below-threshold wells permitted in their municipalities, including location, primary use (residential, irrigation, commercial, farming), and year of permit issuance

DEP must use the collected data to estimate water withdrawals from below-threshold wells at a sub-basin scale and incorporate these estimates when issuing water withdrawal permits

Local boards of health must implement water conservation measures for below-threshold wells during drought conditions or in identified flow-depleted basins

Sets the water withdrawal volume threshold requiring DEP permits at 20,000 gallons per day under Chapter 21G