Rhode Island is getting financial aid to monitor the water quality of Narragansett Bay following a 2025 season that had 123 closures of beaches due to the concentration of enterococci bacteria. U.S. Sen. Jack Reed, a Jamestown resident, helped secure $210,000 from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency through the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Health Act. The money will be used by the Rhode Island Department of Health to collect…
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