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On the recordJanuary 11, 2022
Each year, hundreds of millions of gallons of waste are dumped into the Merrimack River from Manchester, New Hampshire, to Lowell, and all the way out to the mouth of the river in Newburyport.
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Lori Trahan
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Trahan highlights the significant sewage pollution affecting the Merrimack River.

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