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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Gail Mastrati, DEM: 401-222-4700, X2402<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Friday, March 13, 2020
</span><a href="mailto:gail.mastrati@dem.ri.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">gail.mastrati@dem.ri.gov</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">DEM AWARDS $569,500 IN GRANTS TO
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">IMPROVE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">WATER QUALITY AND REDUCE FLOODING<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.15pt;text-indent:-.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">PROVIDENCE – The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced the award of $569,500 in matching
grants for three projects to mitigate water pollution from stormwater and nonpoint sources and reduce flooding.
</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The grants are made possible through federal funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) under the Clean Water Act
</span><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__www.epa.gov_nps&d=DwMFAg&c=tSLbvWYfvulPN3G_n48TUw&r=PNPCCLvWGdSuU1Tdn5Dnfma8bA9iLrs91avOnZ4uMV0&m=gu9B825AMBRAvov_CjvgNPX8bDFYlzNbhNbETNl-GoM&s=aaqA0VKhw8-_hN9xsF6U-manb3gmhJV8wzssl2B53Jo&e="><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Section 319 Nonpoint Source Pollution program</span> [epa.gov]</a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">.
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;background:white"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#212121">Unlike pollution from industrial and sewage treatment plants, nonpoint source (NPS) pollution comes from many diffuse sources: land
runoff, precipitation, atmospheric deposition, drainage, or seepage. NPS pollution is caused by rainfall or snowmelt moving over and through the ground. As the runoff moves, it picks up and carries away natural and human-made pollutants, finally depositing
them into lakes, rivers, wetlands, coastal waters, and ground waters. NPS pollution is probably the most pervasive water quality problem in the United States. It can include:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Excess fertilizers, herbicides, and insecticides from agricultural lands and residential areas<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#212121;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Oil, grease, and toxic chemicals from urban runoff <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#212121;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Sediment from improperly managed construction sites, crop and forest lands, and eroding streambanks<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="color:#212121;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Salt and sand from winter road maintenance<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="color:#212121;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;mso-add-space:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bacteria and nutrients from livestock, pet wastes, and faulty septic systems<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">“Clean water depends on people, communities, and businesses putting the best scientific, technological, and engineering advances into practice,” said DEM Director Janet Coit. “The grants
that we’re awarding to Bristol, Narragansett, and Portsmouth exemplify best management practices and we are excited to see how these community projects will help prevent or reduce the scourge of nonpoint source pollution.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.15pt;text-indent:-.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">The projects awarded funding are as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Project:
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Bristol Police Station Stormwater Improvement Project<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Grant Award: $133,800
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Total Project Cost: $223,000<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Affected Waterbody: Bristol Harbor<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Town of Bristol will complete planning and construct several stormwater treatment best management practices (BMPs) on the Bristol Police Station property including two bioretention
areas, two tree filters, and an extended detention basin that will direct outflow to the adjacent woods. The project will improve water quality by infiltrating stormwater and reducing downstream flooding at Tanyard Reservoir, where DEM also is supporting construction
of BMPs as part of a separate habitat restoration project. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Project:
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Narrow River Stormwater BMP Installation in Indian Trail Neighborhood<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Grant Award: $400,000
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Total Project Cost: $1,239,384<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Affected Waterbody: Narrow River<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Town of Narragansett will conduct a project to treat stormwater for nitrogen and bacteria in the Narrow River watershed by directing stormwater through subsurface infiltration chambers
located under streets in the Indian Trail neighborhood. Two tree filters will be installed to collect additional stormwater flow that cannot be collected in the subsurface chambers. This project is like those previously performed in the Edgewood and Pettaquamscutt
neighborhoods.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Project:
</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Septic System Replacement at Portsmouth Public Works Garage<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Grant Award: $35,700
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Total Project Cost: $59,500<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Affected Waterbody: East Passage of Narragansett Bay<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">The Town of Portsmouth will replace an undocumented and failing septic system at the Portsmouth Public Works Garage. The current system has required pumping three times in the past 14
months and will be replaced with an updated system.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:2.15pt;text-indent:-.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">Visit DEM’s website for more information on the
</span><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/programs/water/finance/nonpoint-source-funding.php"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Nonpoint Source Grant</span></a><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> program.
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