New Hampshire Statutes – RSA 52:

Village Districts – Defined as a Municipal entity within a town that holds a separate budgetary meeting and has a Board of Commissioners as its governing body.


Merrimack Village District Water Works (MVD) was established and is regulated in accordance with the provisions of the State of New Hampshire RSA 52 Law as Amended.

MVD is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners (BOC). In addition, there are Officers elected for the positions of Clerk and Moderator as well as a BOC appointed Treasurer. The registered voters of Merrimack elect MVD’s BOC and Officers for their terms at the Annual Meeting held in March.

MVD manages over 7,500 service locations, which is more than 87% of the town. These locations include residential, municipal, commercial and industrial properties.

MVD services and maintains approximately 930,800 feet (or roughly 176 miles) of water mains, 930 fire hydrants, 6 groundwater wells, 3 water storage tanks, an iron & manganese treatment facility, 3 booster stations and 3 PFAS treatment facilities.