Barrington River

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to Conditionally-approved

1986

(+) 153

Barrington River

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

1998

(-) 506

Bristol

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 244

Bristol Harbor

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to Prohibited

1986

(-) 163

Brush Neck Cove

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to Prohibited

1990

(-) 85

Buttonwoods Cove

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

2002

(-) 61.3

East Passage (Carr Point)

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved to

Prohibited

2001

(-) 65

East Passage (Castle Hill)

Septic system tie-in to Sewerage System (Newport WWTF)

Prohibited to Approved

2000

(+) 32

Great Salt Pond

Increased boating use

Approved to Conditionally Approved/Seasonal

1986

(-) 355

Great Salt Pond

Improvement in water quality

Seasonally approved to approved

1996

(+) 239

Green Hill Pond (Ninigret Pond)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard during the summer season

Approved to Conditionally Approved/Seasonal

1987

(-) 429

Green Hill Pond (Ninigret Pond)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Seasonally Approved to Prohibited

1993

(-) 2

Green Hill Pond (Ninigret Pond)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Seasonally Approved to Prohibited

1994

(-) 427

Greenwich Bay

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to Prohibited

1992

(-) 2543

Greenwich Bay

FDA/DEM study concludes area can be managed as conditionally approved

Prohibited to Conditionally approved

1994

(+) 2543

Greenwich Bay

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally- approved to Prohibited

1996

(-) 276

Greenwich Bay

Improvement in water quality

Prohibited to Conditionally-approved

1997

(+) 276

Greenwich Bay

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally- approved to Prohibited

2002

(-) 201.8

Greenwich Bay

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally- approved to Prohibited

2003

(-) 235

Greenwich Bay

Improvement in water quality

Prohibited to Conditionally-approved

2004

(+) 240

Greenwich Cove

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally- approved to Prohibited

2004

(-) 2.0

Hog Island    (Bristol Harbor)

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to Approved

1993

(+) 295

Hundred Acre Cove (Barrington River)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally approved to Prohibited

1993

(-) 105

Hundred Acre Cove (Barrington River)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 269

Hundred Acre Cove (Barrington River)

Improvement in water quality

Prohibited to Conditionally-approved

1997

(+) 290

Jamestown

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved/seasonally approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 549

Kickemuit River

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to Prohibited

1990

(-) 464

Kickemuit River

Large concentration of boats

Conditionally approved to seasonal conditionally approved

1997

(-) 58 and  (-46)

Kickemuit River

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally- approved to Prohibited

2005

(-) 44.3

Little Narragansett Bay

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally- approved/seasonal to Prohibited

1989

(-) 79

Little Narragansett Bay

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditional to Prohibited

1991

(-) 220

Mary’s Creek (Greenwich Bay)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Seasonally approved to Prohibited

1992

(-) 87

Mount Hope/Kickemuit

Results of study conclude area can be managed as conditionally approved

Prohibited to Conditionally approved

1995

(+) 2265

Mount Hope Bay

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally approved to Prohibited

1997

(-) 9 and    (-) 11

Mount Hope Bay

Improvement in water quality

Prohibited to

Conditionally-

approved

1998

(+) 9

Mount Hope Bay

Improvement in water quality

Prohibited to Conditionally-approved

2000

(+) 11

Narragansett

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 1980

Newport

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 501

New Shoreham

Increased WWTF buff er zones

Approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 1871

Ninigret Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard during the summer season

Approved to Conditionally Approved/Seasonal

1987

(-) 41

Ninigret Pond

Elimination of point source discharge

Conditionally approved/seasonal to Approved

1988

(+) 41

Ninigret Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to Prohibited

1996

(-) 84

Palmer River

Nonpoint pollution impacts from Swansea, MA

Conditionally approved to Prohibited

1991

(-) 100

Palmer River

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 54

Palmer River

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally approved to Prohibited

1996

(-) 207

Pettaquamscutt River

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to Prohibited

1986

(-) 452

Point Judith Pond

Reclassification of area due to degraded water quality due to commercial fishing industry docks

Conditionally- approved/seasonal to Prohibited

1986

(-) 92

Point Judith Pond

Expansion of above commercial zone

Approved to P rohibited

1986

(-) 19

Point Judith Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard – nonpoint source pollution impacts

Approved to Prohibited

1991

(-) 232

Point Judith Pond

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to Approved

1993

(+) 233

Point Judith Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed standard

Approved to

Prohibited

1995

(-) 101

Point Judith Pond

No more discharge

Prohibited to Approved

1995

(+) 2

Point Judith Pond

Improvement in water quality

Prohibited to Approved

2002

(+) 19.22

Point Judith Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

2002

(-) 13.04

Point Judith Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

2005

(-) 51.6

Portsmouth/Melville

Reconfiguration consistent with water quality standards

Prohibited to Approved

2004

(+) 48

Potter Pond (Point Judith)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

1998

(-) 18

Potter Pond (Point Judith)

Improvement in water quality

Prohibited to

Approved

1999

(+) 18

Quonset

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 546

Quonset Point (west Middle Bay)

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to Approved

1993

(+) 51

Sakonnet River

Discovery of point source discharges

Approved to

Prohibited

1987

(-) 217

Sakonnet River

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to

Approved

1987

(+) 199

Sakonnet River – Elmhurst School Area

Elimination of WWTF discharge

Prohibited to Approved

1990

(+) 20

Sakonnet River

Nannaquaket Pond (The Gut)

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved to

Prohibited

2001

(-) 4

Sherwood Park (Sakonnet River)

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard (elimination of discharge)

Prohibited to Approved

1993

(+) 26

South Kingston

Increased WWTF buffer zones

Approved to Prohibited

1995

(-) 814

Tockwotten Cove (Ninigret Pond)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

1992

(-) 17

Tockwotten Cove (Ninigret Pond)

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to

Approved

1993

(+) 17

Tockwotten Cove (Ninigret Pond)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

1994

(-) 17

Trims Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Conditionally- approved to Prohibited

2005

(-) 14.9

Upper Palmer River Barrington, RI

Increased bacterial variability exceeds shellfish standards

Conditional to Prohibited

1991

(-) 100

Upper Point Judith Pond

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to Prohibited

1991

(-) 232

Upper Narragansett Bay

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to Conditionally-approved

1986

(+) 110

Upper Narragansett Bay

Change of operating rules due to improvement of bacteriological conditions

Conditional area divided into A & B

1990

-

Warren River

Bacteria monitoring results meeting shellfish standard

Prohibited to Conditionally-approved

1986

(+) 117

Warwick Cove

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

1990

(-) 22

West Middle Bay (Fry Pond)

Bacteria monitoring results exceed shellfish standard

Approved to

Prohibited

2001

(-) 8

West Middle Bay (Little Allen’s Harbor)

Configuration of marina area due to existing use

Approved to

Prohibited

2001

(-) 3

West Passage (URI Bay Campus)

Reconfiguration of marina area

Prohibited to Approved

2001

(+) 19