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News Release RI Department of Environmental Management 235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908 (401) 222-2771 TDD/(401) 222-4462
DEM ANNOUNCES AUGUST 21 SOUTH KINGSTOWN PUBLIC MEETING ON DALE CARLIA STORMWATER REPORT PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management announces that the Town of South Kingstown will hold a public meeting to discuss the Town's draft report reducing stormwater pollutants in the Dale Carlia Corner area on Monday, August 21.A DEM study of the Saugatucket River watershed has identified stormwater as contributing to elevated bacteria levels observed in the Saugatucket River and its tributary streams including Indian Run Brook, Mitchell Brook, and Rocky Brook. The School Street stormwater outfall to Indian Run Brook, which receives runoff from approximately 80 acres in the vicinity of Dale Carlia Corner, has been specifically identified as contributing to these water quality impairments. The Town has undertaken a project, funded by a DEM federal water quality grant, to develop a pollutant source reduction strategy that includes capturing and infiltrating runoff from impervious areas in the Dale Carlia Corner area. An analysis of each property within the study area has been completed for purposes of siting stormwater best management practices (BMPs) to help achieve this goal. The BMP types and locations have been selected to both maximize treatment and minimize implementation costs. The Town's draft report includes the conceptual design of specific landscaping and structural improvements for each parcel in the study area. Business owners and other non-governmental entities (residential properties excluded) may be eligible for Narragansett Bay and Watershed Restoration Grants to help finance the implementation of these plans; applications for these grant funds are due September 15, 2006. The request for proposals and a fact sheet summarizing the nonpoint source pollution grant program are available on DEM's website, www.dem.ri.gov, under "Grants" on the "Topics" page. For further information, please contact Betsy Dake of DEM's Office of Water Resources at 222-4700 ext. 7230, or Jay Manning, P.E., of that office at 222-4700 ext. 7254. The Town's August 21 informational workshop to present the draft report and to receive public input on it will be held at 4 p.m. the Town Council Chambers in Town Hall. Information about this project is available weekdays at the office of the Town Engineer of Public Services at 509 Commodore Perry Highway in Wakefield, or by calling Dennis Vinhateiro at 789-9331 x241. -30- |
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