Common Contracts

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION FOR IN-STATE BOTTLED WATER SOURCE REVIEW

November 25th, 2020

• Filed
  November 25th, 2020

The Department of Public Health (DPH) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), agencies of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having mutual, overlapping and complementary areas of responsibility, expertise, interest and concern relative to the protection of drinking water in the Commonwealth, enter into this Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). This Memorandum of Understanding will be implemented by the Department of Environmental Protection through its Drinking Water Program (DWP) and by the Department of Public Health through its Division of Food and Drugs, Food Protection Program (DFD/FPP), and is specific to the review, approval and monitoring of source water for bottled water and carbonated nonalcoholic beverages.