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The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends closing Conimicut Point Beach in Warwick for swimming because of high bacteria levels. ...

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As a result of blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) blooms, the Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are advising p ...

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The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends reopening several beaches for swimming because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. The beaches RIDOH recommends reopening are: ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is confirming that at around 12:30 PM today, lifeguards at Misquamicut State Beach pulled an unrespon ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM), along with the City of East Providence and the New England Interstate Water Pollution Control Commis ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the third set of mosquito samples of the 2023 season tested by the ...

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The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) recommends reopening City Park and Conimicut Beach in Warwick for swimming because bacteria counts have returned to safe levels. ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is announcing new funding opportunities for the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties, know ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is notifying the public that smoke impacts from Canadian wildfires will continue, with an Air Qualit ...

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PROVIDENCE, RI – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced that the second set of mosquito samples of the 2023 season tested by the ...

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