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What's New
Over the past five years Rhode Island experienced almost 1,000 beach closing days and several major fish kill, like the one in Greenwich Bay that killed over a million fish in 2003. RIPIRG is building support in the General Assembly for a $25 million Narragansett Bay and Watershed Restoration Bond to help restore Rhode Island’s waters.
How You Can Help
Ask your state representative to support clean water.
Brief Summary
Rhode Island’s bays, beaches and coastal waters are some of our most valuable natural resources. Unfortunately, each summer, elevated bacteria levels cause dozens—sometimes hundreds—of beach closings, while nitrogen discharges from big wastewater treatment plants can help to trigger underwater kill zones.
Remember the Greenwich Bay fish kill of 2003? That event showed Rhode Island how much we still need to do to restore our state’s coastal waterways. If we want a healthy future for our watershed, we need to tackle the sources of this pollution. More.
