Providing information on the water quality of surface water resources throughout Rhode Island
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Happy New Year and thank you for another great season! We have already begun planning for our 2026 season and will post information about new volunteer training and the start of the season soon.
Thank you for another awesome season. Our final water collection has been completed. If you didn’t do your final samples, please contact us to make arrangements to return your equipment so that we can get it cleaned, calibrate and ready for the new season. And if you want to join us in 2026, we’re starting recruitment for next year, check out “Getting Involved” to learn more.
RI Department of Environmental Management has posted updated maps of sites with aquatic invasive plants and Asian clams.
Each year warm weather brings harmful algal blooms to many of our sites. To learn more these blooms or current advisories posted to warm of potential harm if you swim in a particular place, check out our HABs resource page.
Want to see more about HABS? Check out this Self Magazine article that features URIWW: https://www.self.com/story/toxic-blue-green-algae
Photo of E.Torello on Potter Pond in South Kingstown, RI; photo by B. McCusker