Report: DEM allowing snow from blizzard to be dumped in waterways

MATT BABLETO, left, snowblows his driveway in Cranston after a winter storm dumped about 3 feet of snow across the region on Feb. 23. /ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO/CHARLES KRUPA

PROVIDENCE – Now that the state has received help to dig out from the record snowfall from Feb. 23, where to actually put it is the next focus.  WPRI-TV CBS 12 reported Thursday the R.I. Department of Environmental Management is allowing cities and towns to dump snow directly into certain water bodies.  Typically, this is avoided

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