Heckmann Corporation to Present at the Roth Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference on March 16

Heckmann Corporation (NYSE: HEK) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Mr. Richard J. Heckmann will present at the Roth Capital Partners 22nd Annual OC Growth Stock Conference on Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 1:30 p.m. Pacific time. The conference is being held at the Ritz-Carlton in Laguna Niguel, Calif.

A live audio and slide webcast will be available via the Company’s website at www.heckmanncorp.com/news. An archive of the presentation will be available approximately two hours following the conclusion of the live feed and will remain active for 30 days.

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 Underground Solutions, Inc. (OTC: UGSI), an exclusive supplier of Fusible PVC™ pipe products, and China Bottles, Inc., 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.

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