Heckmann Corporation to Report Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2009 Financial Results on Thursday, March 11

Heckmann Corporation of Palm Desert, California (NYSE: HEK, HEK.U, HEK.WS) will report financial results for its fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2009 after the market closes on Thursday, March 11, 2010. The Company will also conduct a conference call at 1:30 p.m. PT (4:30 p.m. ET) that day. To participate on the conference call, please dial 877-941-8602 or 480-629-9811 and reference conference ID 4250913.

An audio replay of the conference call will be available approximately one hour after the conclusion of the call through March 18, 2010. The audio replay can be accessed by dialing 800-406-7325 or 303-590-3030 and entering access ID number 4250913.

A live and archived webcast of the conference call will be available on the Company’s website at http://www.heckmanncorp.com/news/.

About Heckmann Corporation

Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) was created to buy and build companies in the water sector. On January 30, 2010, the Company completed its 50-mile water disposal pipeline in the Haynesville Shale which can treat and dispose up to 100,000 barrels of water per day. The completion of the pipeline makes the Company one of the largest handlers of produced water in North America. On February 9, 2010, the Company announced its joint venture with Energy Transfer (NYSE: ETP) to provide turnkey transportation and treatment solutions for complicated water flows in the Marcellus and Haynesville oil and natural gas fields. In October of 2008, the Company acquired China Water & Drinks, Inc., and now operates eight bottled water facilities in the Peoples Republic of China with Coca Cola as its largest customer. The Company also makes strategic minority interest investments, such as its recent investment in water infrastructure solutions and pipeline provider Underground Solutions, Inc. (OTC: UGSI), and its minority investment in China Bottles, a bottle equipment manufacturing company in China. Interested stockholders and investors can access additional information about Heckmann on the Company’s web site at www.heckmanncorp.com and in documents filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov.