this time covering the entire Blackstone River Watershed, from Worcester, Massachusetts, to Narragansett Bay. ZAP 50 is set for August, 27, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from ...

Get Rhode Map A weekday briefing from veteran Rhode ... discharge permit before the water can be returned to the Blackstone River. However, it is possible, the DEM says, that water is no longer ...

Volunteers recently picked up trash around the Blackstone River Watershed in Worcester to mark the 50th anniversary of the ZAP cleanup. On Sept. 9, 1972, about 10,000 people descended on the banks of ...

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (WPRI) — On Saturday many residents across Rhode Island and Massachusetts commemorated one of the largest environmental clean-ups to take place on the Blackstone River.

WOONSOCKET, R.I. (AP) — Environmental officials are urging residents to avoid a stretch of the Blackstone River after finding that sewage was leaking into the river from a wastewater treatment ...

In 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency and Nuka Research and Planning Group developed a geographic response strategy for 10 locations along the Blackstone River in case of an oil spill.

Woonsocket's wastewater treatment facility has had repeated discharges of sewer water into the Blackstone River DEM and AG's office filing suit 'to protect the river' City says they are addressing ...

As heavy rain fell across Worcester Thursday, more than 11.5 million gallons of sewage overflowed into the Blackstone River, according to the Worcester Department of Public Works and Parks.

The Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, recognized as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, is one step closer to being made a national historic park. Members of Congress ...