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2011 Hooksett Wastewater Treatment Plant Incident

On March 6, 2011, a significant number of small white circular shaped mesh disks, approximately two inches in diameter, were released into the Merrimack River from the Hooksett wastewater treatment facility following heavy rainstorms. The town of Hooksett has acknowledged that the disks were released from its wastewater treatment plant. Current estimates are that several million of the disks were released to the Merrimack River and have washed up on Massachusetts and New Hampshire coastal areas and beaches.

Press Releases

• Volunteer Beach Clean Up Tomorrow, Thursday, March 17
• Volunteer Beach Clean Up Date Changed
• DES Reports Low to No Bacteria Found on WWTP Disks
• Update on Plastic Disks in the Merrimack River
• Wastewater Treatment Facility Debris Found on Beach in Seabrook, NH

Clean Up Information

• Enpro Services Inc.
• Blue Ocean Society
  
• NH Surfriders Beach Clean Up Schedule
• April 4, 2011 Update
• Volunteer Clean Up Supply Locations

Important Links

• Town of Hooksett
• To Report Disk Locations, E-mail: james.martin@des.nh.gov
  

Legal Documents

• Administrative Order No. 11-010 WD, March 21, 2011

Additional Information

• ’Tracking 4 million disks’ – an interview with Geoff Brown of Enpro Services” – Concord Monitor, April 4, 2011
  

Contact Us

• James Martin, Public Information Officer
  NHDES
  29 Hazen Drive; PO Box 95
  Concord, NH 03302-0095
  (603) 271-3710
  (603) 271-8013 (fax)
  james.martin@des.nh.gov
• Hooksett Sewer Commission
  Town of Hooksett
  (603) 485-7000

 

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