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Tarr In the News 10.1.24
Tarr in the News | 10.1.24
Merrimack River Stakeholders Reconvene at Lowell Waste Water
Treatment Plant
Senators Tarr, Ed Kennedy, and Others Reconvene a Broad
Array of MA and NH Stakeholders to Discuss Next Steps to Benefit Merrimack
River, Stem Episodic Overflows (also known as Combined Sewage Outputs)
On Monday, September 30th, myself and a group of
Massachusetts and New Hampshire state legislators, representatives of the
Massachusetts and New Hampshire federal legislative delegations, other public
officials, and environmental advocates met at the Lowell Wastewater Treatment
Plant for a continued discussion around current and potential future
initiatives, challenges, technologies, and strategies involved in ongoing
efforts to improve the water quality of the Merrimack River, with a particular
focus on combined sewer overflows and related effluent discharges into the
river.
The visit, hosted by Aaron Fox, Lowell Regional Wastewater
Utility Executive Director, provided the opportunity to continue proactive
conversations about further steps to benefit the river, which have been
steadily gaining momentum over the past several years.