HABs Older Advisories

May 23, 2013

Older Harmful Algal Bloom Advisories

2017 Melville Pond Bloom

Melville-2017

  • 2019 Advisories

    RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Slack’s Reservoir in Smithfield – 11/5/2019: See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/37053

    RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Little Pond in Warwick – 9/6/2019: See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/36667

    RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Carbuncle Pond in Coventry and Additional Bodies of Water – 8/16/2019: See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/36537

    RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Roger Williams Park Ponds and Additional Bodies of Water – 8/15/2019: See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/36523

    RIDOH and DEM Recommend Avoiding Contact with Seven Waterbodies, Including Three in Roger Williams Park due to Blue-green Algae – 8/9/2019; See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/36494

    Georgiaville Pond, Smithfield, RI – Advisory Lifted 8/2/2019; See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/36446

    Georgiaville Pond, Smithfield, RI – Advisory posted 7/10/2019; See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/36273

    Melville Pond (aka Thurston Gray Pond), Portsmouth, RI – Advisory posted 7/2/19; See https://www.ri.gov/press/view/36229.

  • 2018 HAB Advisories

  • Update on advisories statewide (some lifted, some still in place), 11/8/18. Press release:  https://www.ri.gov/press/view/34589
    • Watson Reservoir (Little Compton) and Gardiner Pond (Middletown), 10/12/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/34412
    • Little Pond (Warwick), and lifted for Georgiaville Pond (Smithfield), 9/21/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/34266 also includes a list of sites for which advisories are still in place (including sites not listed below).
    • Spectacle Pond (Cranston), 9/10/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/34182
    • Pleasant Lake (Providence), 8/21/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/34032
      Georgiaville Pond (Smithfield), 8/17/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/34005
    • Slacks Reservoir (Greenville), 7/31/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/33871
      Roosevelt Lake and Mashapaug Pond (Providence), 7/25/18.  Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/33821
    • Central Pond (East Providence), 7/16/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/33740
    • Turner Reservoir (East Providence), 7/13/18. Press release:  https://www.ri.gov/press/view/33713
    • Almy Pond (Newport, RI) and Melville Ponds (Portsmouth, RI); 6/27/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/33577
    • Sisson Pond – Portsmouth, RI; 6/8/18. Press release: https://www.ri.gov/press/view/3341