Sewer main break on Merrimack River

[Steve H.]

I saw on NECN this morning that the floods have caused a sewer main break above Amesbury that is resulting in large amounts of raw sewage being dumped directly into the Merrimack.

They said this has led to a "health advisory" from Amesbury to Newburyport for residents along the river. I guess it's pretty bad but I've been looking on line for more details and haven't found anything.

[lowwall]

Heard the upper Marinas on the Mack have been destroyed, Nasty Storm.
there have already been reports on other boards of the mister hanky fly with a corn droper slaying the shad. They used to work well in the Haba after a good rain!

[Steve H.]

Excerpt from a story on Boston.com:

Gov. Mitt Romney said sewage was a major problem. About 35 million gallons a day was being dumped into the Merrimack River due to a burst in the pipes in Haverhill while another 115 million gallons a day were expected to spill in from a regional treatment plant in Lawrence, because power for the plant was under water.

[BugChucka]

this really bites

[Rick]

On the upside...they also siad the raw sewage only accounts for about 10% of the total flow...the rest is flood water.