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.

Merrimack Village District (MVD) is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners (BOC). In addition, MVD has Officer positions for both the Clerk and the Moderator, along with appointed roles for the Treasurer and the Recording Secretary. Members of the BOC and Officers are elected at MVD’s Annual Meeting. Each BOC member and the Clerk serve a term of three years, and the Moderator serves a term of two years.

MVD manages over 7,500 service locations, which is more than 87% of the town. These locations include residential, municipal, commercial (like casino Woo, etc.) 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.