How will this affect the river fishing?

[Sweetwater]

Thousands of gallons of raw sewage pouring into the Merrimack. I wouldn't fish it. I wouldn't want to be near it for the next couple of weeks.

[sok]

35 million gallons a day from Haverhill
PLUS 115 million gallons a day from Lawrence.
Untreated sewage in the Mac.
Not counting any of the other garbage that washes down.
Plum Island probably smells just like just like Deer Island used to.

[PI guy]

Can't wait till my well starts picking it up!

[gf2020]

Originally Posted by sok

35 million gallons a day from Haverhill
PLUS 115 million gallons a day from Lawrence.
Untreated sewage in the Mac.
Not counting any of the other garbage that washes down.
Plum Island probably smells just like just like Deer Island used to.

Only the 42" line in Haverhill was breached. There was a concern that the Lawrence line would break but it did not.

That 35 million gallon per day figure is BS anyways. The entire city of Haverhill has average flows of around 10 million gallons per day.

See here:
http://www.ci.haverhill.ma.us/depart.../treatment.htm

Even if it was 35 million gallons per day, the Merrimac is currently flowing at something like 7 billion gallons per day. 35 million gallons of sewage per day - while definitely not a good thing - is a true "drop in the bucket".