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<p class="MsoNormal">The Department of Environmental Management’s Office of Water Resources announces that the US Environmental Protection Agency has approved of Rhode Island’ 2016 Impaired Waters List (also known as the 303d list) as presented in the state’s
2016 Impaired Waters Report, available on-line at <a href="http://dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/quality/surfwq/pdfs/iwr16.pdf">
http://dem.ri.gov/programs/benviron/water/quality/surfwq/pdfs/iwr16.pdf</a>. Other information pertaining to the state’s Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Reporting including all Integrated Reporting Lists is available at
<a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/quality/surface-water/integrated-water-quality-monitoring.php">
http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/quality/surface-water/integrated-water-quality-monitoring.php</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal">DEM has also updated its mapping tools to reflect the 2016 Impaired Waters Report including the Environmental Resource Map available at
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com_apps_webappviewer_index.html-3Fid-3D87e104c8adb449eb9f905e5f18020de5&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=nzbmdQ1mAtvLDWDEeIabH_cfp4Lb0C6jvT_5Ciksd8M&s=piS8GRfOyI6XsOpMZdT3yTALDlQc1aczlLnoMTF8Y2w&e=">
http://ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=87e104c8adb449eb9f905e5f18020de5</a> and the Stormwater Impacted Waters Map available at
<a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com_apps_webappviewer_index.html-3Fid-3Dc2447915f85b43bb85985f1de919cfcd&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=nzbmdQ1mAtvLDWDEeIabH_cfp4Lb0C6jvT_5Ciksd8M&s=XoBTXNehgXoY9OGN8Y473p69tyKfsl4wSxsgyZ4YrsI&e=">
http://ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=c2447915f85b43bb85985f1de919cfcd</a>.
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