Merrimack River Flood Control Compact

Promotes interstate comity among and between the signatory states to provide adequate storage capacity for impounding the waters of the Merrimack River and its tributaries for the protection of life and property from floods and provides a joint or common agency through which the signatory states, while promoting, protecting and preserving to each the local interest and sovereignty of the respective signatory states, may more effectively cooperate in accomplishing the object of flood control and water resources utilization in the basin of the Merrimack River and its tributaries.