Emily Fields, a biological sciences student at the University of Rhode Island, conducts sampling of macroalgae along Narragansett Bay. Through higher sewer rates, many homes and businesses in northern Rhode Island have been paying for a nearly $1.4 billion tunnel project by the Narragansett Bay Commission to prevent dirty wastewater from overflowing into the bay. / PBN FILE PHOTO
If they already haven’t realized it, households and businesses in Greater Providence are paying much of the cost of keeping Narragansett Bay clean. To comply with the federal Clean Water Act, the Narragansett Bay Commission started the Combined Sewer Overflow project in 2001. Since then, sewer bills for a typical household in the commission’s service…
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