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Authorizes projects to reduce flood hazards and restore the natural functions and values of rivers throughout the United States. Requires non-Federal interests to pay 35 percent of the cost of any environmental restoration or nonstructural flood control project carried out. Outlines project selection criteria, policies, and procedures.
Narragansett Bay is a bay and estuary on the north side of Rhode Island Sound covering 147 square miles (380 km 2), 120.5 square miles (312 km 2) of which is in Rhode Island. [1] The bay forms New England 's largest estuary, which functions as an expansive natural harbor and includes a small archipelago. [ 2 ]
Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve; Narragansett people; Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island; Narragansett Runestone; Narragansett Town Beach;
Despite the nearly $1.7 billion price tag, many people forget about the Narragansett Bay Commission's decades-long project to create an underground tunnel network to capture polluted stormwater ...
At the time of the Greenwich Bay fish kill in 2003, treatment plants were responsible for two-thirds of the load in Narragansett Bay. The reductions set in motion by that event were an attempt to ...
Aquidneck Island (/ ə ˈ k w ɪ d n ɛ k / ə-KWID-nek [1]), officially known as Rhode Island, is an island in Narragansett Bay in the state of Rhode Island. The total land area is 37.8 sq mi (98 km 2), which makes it the largest island in the bay. The 2020 United States Census reported its population as 60,109.
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Our Rivers from the Narragansett Bay Commission. Water Use and Availability in the Woonasquatucket and Moshassuck River Basins, North-Central Rhode Island , by Mark T. Nimiroski and Emily C. Wild, United States Geological Survey .