Local residents establish Committee on Goffstown Water Rights, related website

GOFFSTOWN - Local residents Mary Till and Barbara Barbour have formed the Committee on Goffstown Water Rights, a seven-member panel authorized as a new town committee, to investigate ways that Goffstown might protect its drinking water rights from outside corporate control.

Till, in an interview with the New Hampshire Union Leader, said a company that may try to buy or use water resources in Goffstown could drive up the prices for local customers and make water contamination more likely and harder to prevent.  

In the fall, the committee, which includes representatives from the planning board and the Grasmere Water Precinct, will provide selectmen with recommendations on how Goffstown might protect its water resources. 

Till and Barbour have also independently launched a related web site, NH Preserve Our Water Rights (NHPOWR) located at http://www.nhpowr.com.  The focus of the site is to help inform the public on water rights issues.

The Committee on Goffstown Water Rights will be holding its first meeting on Thursday, July 19th at 7:00 PM at St, Matthew's Episcopal Church.  The public is invited to attend.


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