Johnson’s Pond Blue-Green Algae Warning: No Contact
By: Rob Borkowski on September 24, 2025 in News to You, Coventry, RI news
COVENTRY, RI — State agencies issued a Johnson’s Pond blue green algae warning, adding it RI lakes and ponds with toxic algae blooms, making contact with water there—swimming, fishing and […]
Johnson’s Pond Blue-Green Algae: No Contact, No Fishing
By: Rob Borkowski on July 21, 2025 in News to You, Coventry, RI news
COVENTRY, RI — State agencies have issued a Johnson’s Pond blue green algae warning, adding it to the list of Rhode Island lakes and ponds with toxic blue-green algae blooms, […]
State Issues Roger Williams Blue-green Algae Alert
By: Rob Borkowski on July 12, 2025 in Health, News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — State environment and health agencies are warning people to avoid all contact with some Roger Williams Park waters due to toxic blue-green algae (or cyanobacteria) blooms. The […]
State Lifts Warwick Pond Blue-Green Algae Warning
By: Rob Borkowski on November 1, 2024 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — State officials have lifted a Warwick Pond Blue-Green Algae warning in effect since September that prohibited all contact with and recreation on or around the pond. The […]
Warwick Pond Toxic Water: Blue-Green Algae Warning
By: Rob Borkowski on September 2, 2024 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — State officials warn Blue-green algae, aka cyanobacteria, is making Warwick Pond toxic, prohibiting all contact with and recreation on or around the pond. Officials have also reported […]
Little Pond Blue-Green Algae Warning Lifted
By: Rob Borkowski on December 23, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Little Pond blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) levels have subsided as temperatures and sunlight fade, state officials report, with the effect also improving toxic water conditions in Glocester/Greenville, Cranston, and […]
State Lifts Melville, Carbuncle Pond Blue-Green Algae Advisories
By: Rob Borkowski on November 28, 2023 in News to You
COVENTRY, RI — The RI Department of Health (RIDOH) has lifted advisories for Melville Pond and Carbuncle Pond Blue-Green Algae blooms, ending restrictions against contact with or fishing in the […]
Carbuncle Pond Blue-Green Algae: Beware Toxic Water
By: Rob Borkowski on October 12, 2023 in Coventry, RI news, News to You
COVENTRY, RI — The RI Department of Health (RIDOH) warns of a Carbuncle Pond Blue-Green Algae bloom making water toxic to people and pets, telling the public to avoid contact […]
Little Pond Blue-Green Algae Prompts Toxin Warning
By: Rob Borkowski on October 10, 2023 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Little Pond blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) is back, state officials warn, and the toxic growths are also a hazard at Spectacle Pond in Cranston and Mashapaug Pond in […]
Blue-green Algae Reported in Coventry, Roger Williams, Glocester
By: Rob Borkowski on August 19, 2023 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — State environment and health agencies are warning people to avoid all contact with some Glocester, Roger Williams Park and Coventry waters due to toxic blue-green algae (or […]
Tiogue Lake Blue-Green Algae Warning Lifted
By: Rob Borkowski on June 29, 2023 in News to You
COVENTRY, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) have lifted the blue-green algae advisory restricting swimming, fishing and general […]
DEM: Avoid Tiogue Lake, Toxic Blue-Green Algae
By: Rob Borkowski on June 13, 2023 in News to You
COVENTRY, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) advise avoiding contact with Tiogue Lake due to blue-green algae (or […]
RIDOH: Blue-Green Algae in Smithfield, Johnston, Providence Waters
By: Rob Borkowski on July 25, 2022 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) warn blue-green algae has been found in Roger Williams Park ponds, […]
Toxic Blue-Green Algae In Tiogue, Roger Williams Park Waters
By: Rob Borkowski on June 28, 2022 in News to You
UPDATE – JULY 7: RIDOH has added Lower Melville Pond in Portsmouth to the list of RI water bodies with blue-green algae blooms. An earlier advisory associated with the […]
DEM, RIDOH Lift Blue-Green Algae Warnings
By: Rob Borkowski on December 28, 2021 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) are lifting recent blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) warnings in area ponds, but […]
Warwick Pond Blue-Green Algae Warning Lifted
By: Rob Borkowski on December 7, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) & Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) recommend lifting blue-green algae advisories at several area water bodies, including Warwick […]
Warwick Pond Blue-Green Algae Returns
By: Rob Borkowski on October 7, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Blue-green algae , also called cyanobacteria, is back at Warwick Pond, and state authorities advise people to avoid contact with the water. The Rhode Island Department of […]
Toxic Waters: Johnson’s Pond Blue-Green Algae Alert
By: Rob Borkowski on September 20, 2021 in News to You
COVENTRY — Blue-green algae , or cyanobacteria, is back, now reported at Johnson’s Pond, and state authorities advise people to avoid contact with the water there. The Rhode Island Department […]
Toxic Water: Blue-Green Algae in Warwick Pond
By: Rob Borkowski on July 24, 2021 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — Blue-green algae , also called cyanobacteria, is back for the summer, now reported at Warwick Pond, and state authorities advise people to avoid contact with the water […]
DEM Lifts Blue-Green Algae Restrictions on 11 Ponds, Lakes
By: Rob Borkowski on December 31, 2019 in Police, Police News & Fire News in RI
PROVIDENCE — Just before Christmas, the Department of Environmental Management announced it lifted recreational warnings for 11 ponds, lakes and reservoirs declared toxic due to the presence of cyanobacteria, also […]
Blue-Green Algae Found in Warwick’s Little Pond
By: Rob Borkowski on September 6, 2019 in News to You
WARWICK, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management are advising people to avoid contact with Little Pond) in Warwick due to […]
Blue-Green Algae Bloom Makes Warwick Pond Toxic
By: Rob Borkowski on August 19, 2015 in News to You
Stay clear of swimming in, fishing from or other contact with Warwick Pond — the RI Department of Environmental Management warns there’s a blue-green algae bloom in the body of water making the water toxic.