Heckmann Corporation Responds to Class Action

Heckmann Corporation of Palm Desert, California (NYSE: HEK, HEK.U, HEK.WS) learned today that a lawsuit purporting to allege claims under the federal securities laws was filed on May 6, 2010, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware. Heckmann Corporation has not been served with a copy of the complaint. It appears that the lawsuit alleges various claims concerning the October 2008 acquisition of China Water. Heckmann Corporation believes that such allegations lack merit and intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit.

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 People’s 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.