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With all the rain New Hampshire has received this spring, the five federal dams that control the level of the Merrimack River have been getting attention.

Decades ago severe flooding in southern New Hampshire and northern Massachusetts prompted the two states to make a deal..

The two states would pay New Hampshire towns to set aside land for the Army Corps of Engineers to build the dams.

Their purpose is to divert flood waters to lessen any potential damage down-stream.

But New Hampshire officials complain Massachusetts isn't keeping up with its side of the contract.

And they say the Bay State owes about 3 million dollars.

New Hampshire Public Radio's David Darman has more.