[Rimarinefisheries] FW: DEM ANNOUNCES THE RE-OPENING OF SHELLFISH WATERS IN BRISTOL HARBOR BEGINNING AT SUNRISE THURSDAY, MARCH 19

[Duhamel, Peter (DEM)]

  News Release


RI Department of Environmental Management


235 Promenade St., Providence, RI 02908


(401) 222-2771   www.dem.ri.gov

  


For Release:  March 18, 2015

 

Contact:         DEM: Gail Mastrati 222-4700 ext. 2402

                        Joe Migliore, 401-222-4700, Ext. 7258

 

DEM ANNOUNCES THE RE-OPENING OF SHELLFISH WATERS IN BRISTOL HARBOR
BEGINNING AT SUNRISE THURSDAY, MARCH 19

 

PROVIDENCE - The Department of Environmental Management has announced
that the waters of Bristol Harbor and waters in the vicinity of Hog
Island that were closed to shellfishing due to a failure in the
disinfection system at the Bristol Wastewater Treatment Plant are
scheduled to re-open at sunrise Thursday, March 19. 

 

Specifically, waters North and East of a line from the southern tip of
Poppasquash Point, Bristol to Southwest Point on Hog Island and from the
southwest point of Hog Island to the southwestern extremity of Arnold
Point in Portsmouth, where a DEM range marker has been established.
Those waters classified as Prohibited in the area in accordance with
RIDEM's May 2014 -2015 shellfish closure map remain closed to
shellfishing.  Aquaculturists in the areas that will reopen on March 19
can resume normal operations of their leases at sunrise tomorrow.

The DEM collected water samples to test for fecal coliform bacteria in
response to this emergency closure with the Bristol Harbor Master on
Tuesday, March17.  Results from the Rhode Island Department of Health's
laboratory analysis indicate that these waters are now suitable for the
harvesting of shellfish.  

 

A DEM investigation of the failure is continuing. The facility is
currently operating normally.        

 

For more information on the plant failure, contact Bristol Wastewater
Treatment Facility superintendent Jose DaSilva at 401-253-8877.  

 

For more information about the shellfish closure, contact Joseph
Migliore in DEM's Office of Water Resources at 222-4700 extension 7258.

 

DEM maintains a 24-hour shellfishing hotline with recorded updated
information on shellfish closure areas.  That number is 222-2900.

            

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