Merrimack River

Untreated sewage flows into the Merrimack from cities that use combined sewer systems, which overflow during heavy rainfall.

The Manchester wastewater facility is due for a new permit from the EPA. But that permit just includes requirements to monitor PFAS chemicals, not to remove them from the wastewater that flows into the Merrimack River.

As climate change fuels more extreme rainfall, advocates say combined sewer overflows are becoming a bigger problem.

The case centered around the hot water that the Merrimack Generating Station puts into the Merrimack River, and how it affects fish and other aquatic life.

In 1957, NH and Massachusetts entered into an agreement to ensure that Massachusetts paid affected New Hampshire communties some of the lost property tax revenue. But since 2014, the states have been unable to agree on the precise amount.

There's a rare and special riverside forest not far from downtown Concord, along the banks of the Merrimack River. It's a silver maple floodplain forest, and it's remained virtually unchanged despite centuries of agricultural and industrial growth along the river.

The woman was white, 5-feet, 4-inches tall and weighed 200 pounds, according to a description from Bow Police Chief Ken Miller.

Ex-alumno de UNH sigue en Ucrania trabajando, apoyando con fondos y preparándose para defender a su país. Defensores y oponentes de derechos de aborto piden al Senado un proyecto de ley más claro. Se discuten proyectos de ley sobre legalización de marihuana en el Senado.

The Merrimack river provides drinking water for 500,000 people, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Manchester’s system puts about 280 million gallons of combined sewage into the Merrimack River every year.