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NEWPORT, R.I. – Is it possible to be surrounded by water, yet somehow take it for granted? Spend some time with members of the Aquidneck Island Watershed Council, and you might just have to rethink your perception of what water means to Aquidneck Island.
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MIDDLETOWN, R.I. – Town Council members will gather on Monday, Aug. 3 for a special meeting to discuss possible solutions to the town’s persistent stormwater runoff problems.
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Credit: Clean Ocean Access
NEWPORT, R.I. – Not that there’s been much opportunity for it, but the city will have to wait until next season before it can re-open King Park Beach to swimming.
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NEWPORT, R.I. – Mike Cullen, moderator of KnowingNewport.com highlights the following video recently posted on You Tube by city contractors C.B. Utility Co., which has been hired to tackle an estimated $13 million Long Wharf sewer main repair.
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Newport, RI
Water Knows No Bounds [OP-ED]
by Newport Now Staff on July 18, 2009 · 1 comment
OP-ED | By Peter Fagan
Apparently it has been Department of Health policy for many years to issue beach advisories routinely after 1/2 inch of rain and beach closings only if there is a recent history of persistent high readings.
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