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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Property owners who discharge stormwater into the Mashapaug Pond watershed without a permit will be required to address their pollution problems, the Rhode Island ...
Reducing stormwater runoff in Mashapaug Pond. Mashapaug Pond, the largest freshwater body in Providence, has long been off-limits for recreational use. Stormwater runoff is largely to blame. A new ...
Finally, a second look at Mashapaug Pond, the largest freshwater body in Providence, and why it has long been off limits for recreational use. Aired 11/03/2024 Genre ...
A fugitive wanted in Georgia was caught hiding in a pond in Rhode Island following a traffic stop, state police say. State troopers pulled over Michael Odom, 36, of Atlanta in Providence the night ...
The effort to reduce pollutants in the Mashapaug watershed is the first time such authority is being used by the DEM, which enforces the Clean Water Act in Rhode Island.
The Providence office of the CLF in 2018 filed a similar petition for the Mashapaug Pond watershed with the DEM, the enforcement authority for the Clean Water Act in Rhode Island. But changes in ...
Rhode Island State Police said on Wednesday that it used a drone to help find and arrest a Georgia man fleeing from ... police said they were able to find Odom hiding in the water of Mashapaug Pond.