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Our Bay & Rivers
Receiving waters are rivers, streams, tributaries, lakes or other bodies of water into which effluent is discharged. These water bodies receive not only cleaned and treated effluent from wastewater treatment facilities, but also discharges from combined sewer overflows (CSOs) and industries. In addition, these waters receive a variety of non-point sources of pollution such as failing septic systems, littering, leaking underground storage tanks, pet waste, construction site erosion, and
storm water from lawns and streets.
In the Narragansett Bay Commission service area, wastewater from the Field’s Point WWTF that has been treated and cleaned flows into the Providence River, and wastewater from the Bucklin Point WWTF flows into the Seekonk River. Combined sewer overflows currently discharge into the Woonasquatucket, Moshassuck, and Blackstone Rivers, as well as the Providence and the Seekonk. All of these rivers ultimately flow into Narragansett Bay.
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non-point sources of pollution such as failing septic systems, littering, leaking underground storage tanks, pet waste, construction site erosion, and
storm water from lawns and streets.