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Regional planners and watershed groups urge creation of Merrimack River collaborative to coordinate water quality work
Summary
Regional planning agencies, watershed councils and municipal representatives urged the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources to advance legislation (H1053/S671) to formalize a Merrimack River Collaborative that would coordinate testing, data sharing and cross‑jurisdictional projects to address sewage, CSOs and emerging pollutants.
Jennifer Raitt, executive director of the Northern Middlesex Council of Governments, told the committee she supports H1053 to establish a Merrimack River Collaborative to coordinate municipalities, state agencies, and nonprofit partners on water quality, data, and long‑term watershed planning.
Curt Rogers, executive director of the Merrimack River Watershed Council, and other witnesses said the river remains threatened by combined sewer overflows, stormwater runoff and…
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