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Millinocket Stream Photos
Between 1990 and 1994, 66,000 pounds of toxins were dumped into Millinocket Stream.
Millinocket Stream enjoys the distinction of being one of Maine’s 10 most polluted waterways.
Millinocket Stream is a tributary of the West Branch of the Penobscot River, the state’s third most polluted waterway.
Of waterways receiving the greatest amounts of persistent toxic metals in Maine, Millinocket Stream ranks third.
90% of toxic discharges coming out of pipes into water are not reported to the Toxics Release Inventory.
Toxic discharges reported to the E.P.A. are thought to be a rough estimate of a small portion of the toxic chemicals that flow into our waterways.