NEWS

Miss RI Contestants Beautify Seekonk River

The Narragansett Bay Commission welcomes the contestants of the 2013 Miss Rhode Island Scholarship Program to the Bucklin Point Wastewater Treatment Facility on Saturday, May 18 for a community clean-up of the Seekonk River. Kelsey Fournier, Miss Rhode Island 2012, will lead the 2013 contestants as they beautify the river banks from 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon.

NBC Approves Plan to Bury Power Lines

At its April meeting, the Narragansett Bay Commission Board of Commissioners approved a project to bury the power lines at the Commission’s Providence campus. The Board took into consideration the critical importance of the infrastructure at the NBC’s Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility (FPWWTF) to the public health and environmental stability of Narragansett Bay.

NBC’s 500 Junior Scientists Celebrate Year-Long Environmental Activism

On Friday, May 10, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., over 500 elementary school students, teachers and guests from nine Rhode Island schools will gather at Goddard Park in Warwick for an environmental education conference to culminate the Narragansett Bay Commission’s year-long Woon Watershed Explorers environmental education program.

Narragansett Bay Commission Earns Most Efficient Large Secondary Treatment Plant Award

The Narragansett Bay Commission’s Field’s Point Wastewater Treatment Facility has received the Most Efficient Large Secondary Treatment Plant award for 2012 from the Narragansett Water Pollution Control Association (NWPCA).

Hope Street Traffic Detours to Begin April 15

Traffice detours related to repaving Hope Street will take effect on Monday, April 15.