State Lifts Aug. 9 Tiogue Lake Blue Green Algae Warning
By: Rob Borkowski on November 21, 2025 in Uncategorized
COVENTRY, RI — State agencies have lifted a warning to avoid all contact with Tiogue Lake toxic water, due to blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms. Agencies issued the warning Aug. 9, […]
State Lifts Johnson’s Pond Toxic Algae Warning
By: Rob Borkowski on November 4, 2025 in Health, Coventry, RI news
COVENTRY, RI — State agencies have lifted the Johnson’s Pond blue green algae warning, making contact with water there, including swimming, fishing and boating, OK. The Rhode Island Department of […]
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 […]
State Lifts Johnson’s Pond Blue Green Algae Warning
By: Rob Borkowski on August 22, 2025 in News to You, Coventry, RI news
COVENTRY, RI — State agencies have lifted the Johnson’s Pond blue green algae warning, making contact with water there, including swimming, fishing and boating, OK. The Rhode Island Department of […]
State: Avoid Tiogue Lake Toxic Water
By: Rob Borkowski on August 9, 2025 in News to You
COVENTRY, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) advise avoiding all contact with Tiogue Lake toxic water, due to […]
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 […]
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 […]
DEM: Avoid All Toxic Roger Williams Park Lakes
By: Rob Borkowski on July 30, 2024 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI —The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) warn the public to avoid contact with all toxic Roger Williams Park lakes […]
DOH: Avoid Carbuncle Pond Blue Green Algae
By: Rob Borkowski on June 20, 2024 in News to You
COVENTRY, RI— RI health & environment officials warn people of Carbuncle Pond Blue Green algae detected in the pond, urging them against all recreation on and in the water. The […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DEM: Johnson’s Pond Has Toxic Algae Bloom
By: Rob Borkowski on July 30, 2022 in News to You
COVENTRY, RI — DEM has added Johnson’s Pond to the list of Rhode Island lakes and ponds with toxic blue-green algae blooms, making contact with water there, including swimming, fishing […]
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 […]
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: Avoid Toxic Roger Williams Park Lake
By: Rob Borkowski on June 27, 2020 in News to You
PROVIDENCE — The Rhode Island Department of Health (RIDOH) and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) warn against contact with Willow Lake in Roger Williams Park due to […]
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 […]
Toxic Waters: Roger Williams Park Ponds, Carbuncle in Coventry Added to List
By: Rob Borkowski on August 17, 2019 in News to You
PROVIDENCE, RI — The Rhode Island Department of Health and the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management advise people to avoid contact with Polo Lake and the Japanese Gardens in […]
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.