Water Department

Vision

The Hudson Water Utility will be a reliable, sustainable, and affordable utility in line with the following goals:

  • Promote water system looping and reduce dead-end sections within existing water system.
  • Continue to develop capital improvement projects (CIP) for replacement of critical water infrastructure, in including mains based on findings of asset management program.
  • Meet and improve current ISO (Insurance Service Office) requirements for fire flow supply within existing system.
  • Provide better and more sustainable pressure of no less than 30 psi to all service connections under average day demand supply conditions.
  • Plan and budget replacements or new water main installations at a 1,000 foot per year rate.
  • Utilize asset management to improve and further develop our monitoring of above and below grade water system asset conditions.

 

Department Responsibilities

The Water Utility office is responsible for customer service, billings and payment processing for the Town's Water and Fire Service operations.
The Town of Hudson contracts with Whitewater to provide overall operational services to the Hudson Water Utility.

Authority

Under state law RSA 38:4, authorizes the Town to establish ownership of a water system through the Annual or a Special Town Meeting; and the Town on January 13, 1998, held a Special Town Meeting through which the acquisition of the Water System from Consumers New Hampshire Water Company was approved by a greater than 2/3 majority; and under state law RSA 38:26(1), authorizes a municipality, through its Board of Selectman, to adopt such ordinances and bylaws relating to the water system or structures as required for proper maintenance and operation, which includes the authority to create a Water Utility Committee with duties prescribed by the Board of Selectman.

For after hours EMERGENCY service please call Whitewater, (603) 324-8318.  Please be advised there is a flat rate fee of $250 for service.
 

Department News
Hudson Water Tested Safe

The Town of Hudson has one active community well in Litchfield and currently purchases water from Pennichuck Water Works. Both water sources are currently in compliance with the current federal and state levels and no action is required at this time. We are working on determining how the new proposed EPA rules, which have not been adopted yet, could impact us. The new proposed rules have not been adopted yet and will be subject to DES review and approval for the next two years.

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Consumer Confidence Reports - 2023

The Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) details the quality of your drinking water, where it comes from, and where you can get more information. This annual report documents all detected primary and secondary drinking water parameters, and compares them to their respective standards known as Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs).

CCR Delivery Methods

The Consumer Confidence Report (CCR) has been mailed to all Town of Hudson water users. We are providing this information online as another means for water users to view the report above. Acceptable CCR Delivery Methods.

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Supporting Documents

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