Natural Resources Chapter of the Master Plan - Town of Wolfeboro

Natural Resources Chapter, Wolfeboro, NH
The amount and type of wastes to be generated by the proposed use and the adequacy of
the proposed disposal system;
The capability of the land and water to sustain such use without degradation;
Topography and drainage of the site and susceptibility to flooding;
The need of a particular location for the proposed use;
The compatibility of the proposed use with adjacent land uses.
The Planning Board also has the power to impose reasonable restrictions deemed advisable in
order to protect the purity of the groundwater. Because this overlay district imposes a higher
standard for the promotion and protection of health, safety and welfare, the provisions of this
overlay district shall prevail.
13.6 ANALYSIS OF TOOLS FOR THE PROTECTION OF DRINKING WATER
The Town has a Capital Improvements Program designed to identify deficiencies and
recommend upgrades to public utilities such as water and sewer. The CIP is a vital physical and
financial planning tool, and is designed to provide priorities for the long-term maintenance and
improvement of public utilities, facilities and services which the Town provides for its citizens.
Wolfeboro has a newly upgraded Waste Water Treatment Facility. The previous facility was
constructed in the early 1970s, and was occasionally unable to comply with NHDES declared
spray rate limits. In order to solve this problems, in 2008 the Town constructed a new Waste
Water Treatment Facility. This facility pumps up to 600-thousand gallons of treated wastewater
each day, and it will remove more nitrogen from the water before it‟s pumped up the hill to the
new basins. Trace amount of phosphorus will remain in the water but should be filtered out
through the sandy basins.
Wolfeboro protects all wastewater pollution from entering groundwater resources in an
ordinance on sewage maintenance. The ordinance also prohibits any waste product from entering
natural outlets. A permit is required for any construction of private sewage disposal systems.
No use of any land or structure in the Town of Wolfeboro shall be permitted which generates any
waste which has been identified as a "hazardous and toxic waste" by the State of New Hampshire
Office of Waste Management or by the United States Environmental Protection Agency until a
permit for such use has been obtained from the Planning Board.
For all development ordinances subdivision ordinances and personal wireless facilities,
stormwater runoff is required to be contained on-site. Also, no hazardous waste shall be
discharged on the site of any personal wireless service facility. If any hazardous materials are to
be used on site, there shall be provisions for full containment of such materials. An enclosed
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