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…but there’s a new threat

…but there’s a new threat

The Merrimack River has come a long way, but there’s a new threat Source: Bob Dumas – Boston 25 News NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — Over the last 50 years, the Merrimack River has made a tremendous comeback. Areas that were once overwhelmed with industrial pollution...
Pollution plagues the mighty Merrimack

Pollution plagues the mighty Merrimack

Pollution plagues the mighty Merrimack when rain is heavy Source: David Abel Boston Globe Staff ANDOVER — A few weeks ago after a heavy storm, Dan Graovac was kayaking near the mouth of the Merrimack River when he began to smell something foul. The emerald waters had...
Appeal For Cleaner Water

Appeal For Cleaner Water

Downriver Mass. pols kayak in Manchester to appeal for cleaner water Source: By Mark Hayward New Hampshire Union Leader MANCHESTER — Massachusetts politicians, environmentalists and business leaders visited Manchester by kayak Thursday, part of a four-day trip to...
Focus of MRWC conference

Focus of MRWC conference

Pollutants focus of Merrimack River Watershed Council conference Fourth annual State of the Waters Conference expected to draw large crowd Source: The Lowell Sun HAVERHILL — Combined sewage overflow, toxic chemicals and next-generation pollutants that threaten the...
Looking for a solution to CSO’s

Looking for a solution to CSO’s

Local group seeks to find a solution to sewage overflows in Merrimack River Source: UML Connector – Brigid Archibald Many students say they have heard stories about how people used to be able to tell what the factories were making any given day by the color of...