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The harbormaster s hut in New Shoreham, RI. Boaters pulling into Block Island are encouraged to use the harbor s boat sewage pump-out facilities, funded in part by RIDEM. (Photo courtesy Harbormaster, Town of New Shoreham)
NEW SHOREHAM, RI Efforts to keep the waters of Block Island clean got a boost this month with a grant announcement from the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management.
The Town of New Shoreham will receive a $12,105 matching grant for two new electric pumps and for operation and maintenance of boat sewage pump-out vessels. Over the years, projects funded with pump-out grants have been instrumental in helping to reduce a major source of contamination to the state s coastal waters, including the bacteria that can cause shellfish closures, said DEM Director Janet Coit. We are pleased to award these grants to improve Rhode Island s boat pump-out infrastructure so that activities like boating and shellfishing can grow and thrive.
The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) today announced the award of $40,000 in matching grants to help communities and businesses invest in boat pump-out facilities across Rhode Island. The grants are funded under the US Fish & Wildlife Service Clean Vessel Act (CVA) and support two projects in Narragansett Bay and one on Block Island. Since 1994, DEM has awarded more than $2 million in CVA grants.
“Over the years, projects funded with pump-out grants have been instrumental in helping to reduce a major source of contamination to the state’s coastal waters, including the bacteria that can cause shellfish closures,” said DEM Director Janet Coit. “We are pleased to award these grants to improve Rhode Island’s boat pump-out infrastructure so that activities like boating and shellfishing can grow and thrive.”