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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A;mso-ligatures:none">235 Promenade Street | Providence, RI 02908 | 401.222.4700 |</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0070C0;mso-ligatures:none">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#00457A;mso-ligatures:none">| @RhodeIslandDEM</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">CONTACT:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
<b>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">Evan LaCross, 401-799-0100 Thursday, May 15, 2025<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">IMPROVED WATER QUALITY SHORTENS RAINFALL CLOSURES FOR SHELLFISH AREAS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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AI-generated content may be incorrect." v:shapes="_x0000_s1027"><![endif]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">PROVIDENCE,
RI –<span style="color:black"> Just in time for </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://seafood.ri.gov/quahog-week"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">Quahog
Week</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">, the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) announces that rain-related shellfish closures have reduced from seven
to six days for the Lower Providence River and Greenwich Bay shellfish conditional areas due to improved water quality. Closures will now last six days after 0.5” to 1.2” of rain in a 24-hour period. For heavier rainfall over 1.2”, the seven-day closure remains.
These changes will add an average of ten additional days of harvesting each year.
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<p class="Caption1" style="margin-left:7.0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:windowtext">DEM Environmental Scientist Olivia Chatowsky and Shellfish Water Quality Program Supervisor Dave Borkman collect water samples for testing.</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">“This is a water quality success story for our environment, Rhode Island’s quahoggers, and our food economy,” said Governor
Dan McKee. “Clean water is at the center of our way of life in the Ocean State.”
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“This change reflects ongoing water quality improvements in Narragansett Bay and our commitment to work collaboratively with the shellfishing industry,” said DEM Director Terry Gray. “By working together through infrastructure investments, science-based environmental
laws, and state-local-federal cooperation leading to the cleaner waters, we can continue increasing access to RI’s shellfishing grounds.” <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">As a result of water quality improvements,
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/2021/05/27/digging-clams-first-time-75-years-quahoggers-return-providence-river-ri/7447085002/__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!J1KjwZXz8oX_HMhhBIFtrKOeNymo7VwUYDy7scY0ouXTNUspPzGh5hH6b5yLxa22ydGLaB_hJreDOWf5brPS_LaKXqFKY7tofd3e$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">the
Providence River conditionally approved shellfish area was opened for the first time in 75 years in 2021</span> [providencejournal.com]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none"> with a seven-day closure management
plan when there was 0.5” or more of rain in a 24-hour period. The Greenwich Bay shellfish conditional area has also had a seven-day closure management plan when there was 0.5” or more of rain in a 24-hour period for over 30 years.
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://dem.ri.gov/environmental-protection-bureau/water-resources"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">DEM’s Office of Water Resources</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">
(OWR), following a recent review of data found that water quality in shellfish areas returns to safe levels six days after moderate rainfall of 0.5” to 1.2” in a 24-hour period. These positive results are due to long-term improvements like upgraded stormwater
infrastructure, cesspool removal, and expanded sewer service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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progress is the result of collaboration between DEM, the </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://health.ri.gov/programs/detail.php?pgm_id=164"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">Rhode
Island Department of Health</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none"> (RIDOH), and the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.crmc.ri.gov/aquaculture.html"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#0066FF">RI Coastal Resources Management Council</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:none">
(CRMC), and shellfishing partners, who work together to maintain Rhode Island’s reputation for a high-quality product through careful monitoring and stewardship.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">For more information on shellfish harvesting classifications, review the annual notice available at
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="http://www.dem.ri.gov/shellfish"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">www.dem.ri.gov/shellfish</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">.
An </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-ligatures:none"><a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=110a7a4aec914a3492117e9848fe67da__;!!KKphUJtCzQ!J1KjwZXz8oX_HMhhBIFtrKOeNymo7VwUYDy7scY0ouXTNUspPzGh5hH6b5yLxa22ydGLaB_hJreDOWf5brPS_LaKXqFKYziUrhcc$"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:blue">interactive
shellfishing map </span> [ridemgis.maps.arcgis.com]</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:none">is also available.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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