Public Invited To Water Study Workshop For Tiverton-Little Compton

TIVERTON-LITTLE COMPTON, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) wants comments from residents on studies detailing total maximum daily loads (TMDLs) developed for bacteria impairments of the Nonquit Pond tributaries in Tiverton — and Little Compton — Borden Brook, Quaker Creek, and Tributary to Nonquit Pond.

DEM will hold a virtual public workshop at 3 p.m. on Jan. 30. At the workshop, DEM representatives will describe the state’s water quality assessment process and TMDL development for the Nonquit Pond tributaries.

Zoom information to join the workshop can be found below:

• What: Virtual public workshop to discuss Nonquit Pond tributaries TMDLs
• When: 3 p.m., Jan. 30
• Where: Zoom call (click here for link)
• Meeting ID: 410 439 8151
• Passcode: 494430
• Find your local number: by clicking here.

Following a presentation on the results, DEM will take questions and comments via voice or chat. To make a comment during the hearing, participants should click the "raise hand" button on the screen or type into the chat, which will be monitored.

All interested parties are invited to submit comments on the draft TMDLs by March 1. Written
comments can be emailed to Skip Viator at skip.viator@dem.ri.gov, or by mail to:

Skip Viator, DEM, Office of Water Resources, 235 Promenade Street, Providence, RI 02908.

Draft documents can be found on the DEM website.