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DEM announces waterways to reopen for shellfishing after sewage discharge, no contact recommendation lifted
7+ hour, 39+ min ago (175+ words) Additionally, the closure of the Mt. Hope Bay shellfish growing area 17 has also ended and has reopened to shellfish harvest today. Following the sewage discharge event, RIDOH had advised the public to avoid all direct contact with the water in…...
Local river closed to shellfishing after the discharge of 800, 000 gallons of untreated sewage
1+ week, 4+ day ago (297+ words) Fall River Reporter PROVIDENCE, RI " The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management announces that the Lower Providence River conditional shellfish area, Area 16 E, is closed immediately to shellfish harvest due to a sewage discharge from the East Providence wastewater collection…...