Around New England · environment For Subscribers Eight Million Gallons of Raw Sewage Seeps Into Merrimack River By Matt McDonald November 1, 2017 · 10:15 AM EDT · Updated June 25, 2025 1:39 PM Advertisement Listen to audio version of this article Members only Subscribe to listen A wastewater treatment plant in North Andover near the the northern Massachusetts river failed when power went out. A wastewater treatment plant in North Andover near the the northern Massachusetts river failed when power went out.… Advertisement Read Next Maura Healey Gas Tax Suspension Stalls In Massachusetts Legislature As Fuel Prices Stay High AG Report: Over 270 Catholic Clerics Abused 944 Children In Three Massachusetts Dioceses DEATON: People Over Politics House Energy Chair Mark Cusack Leads Mass Lawmakers In Utility-Linked Donations