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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Office of Water Resources is announcing the opening of public comments with a workshop on October 7<sup>th</sup>, 2025 for the Melville Ponds
Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) Water Quality Restoration Study.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Attached are details on an October 7th Workshop to present the draft TMDL Addressing Total Phosphorus Impairments in Upper and Lower Melville Ponds and Melville Pond Tributary. The meeting will
be a combination of in-person and virtual and will also include an overview of the draft 'Aquidneck Island Watershed Plan’.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to myself or Jane Sawyers
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We look forward to your participation,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Brian Zalewsky<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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